Bignone, Argentina's last military dictator died; he was serving life sentence under house arrest

Thursday, March 8th 2018 - 10:11 UTC

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Reynaldo Bignone, the last military president from Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship, died on Wednesday at age 90, the country's state news agency said. Bignone had been serving life sentence under house arrest for multiple human rights crimes. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
The story above provides a good glimpse into the deeds of the generals and their civilian allied who imposed state terror in Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

Reynaldo Bignone died a peaceful death, likely under the good medical care dispensed by his comrades and will probably have a tombstone with his name on it.

All of which he and his comrades denied to thousands of their country people who happened to think differently and were kidnapped, tortured for weeks or months in a row, to finally be sedated, loaded into planes and dumped alive into the sea.

Particularly odious was the “destruction of evidence documenting illegal detentions and disappearances” that Bignone ordered, clearly showing that, while the military always said they were saving the country from “subversives,” they were fully aware of the need to hide all the related information.

A sad period that should never happen again in Argentina--or in any other country for that matter.
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Marcos Alejandro
I hope there's a special place in hell waiting for this coward.
Mar 09th, 2018 - 04:50 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Think
My best memory of Bignone...
Min. : 1:15
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=25uVgcOStlk
Mar 09th, 2018 - 01:40 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Enrique Massot
@Think

Glorious!
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Think
;-)
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