Tag: Argentina military dictatorship

• Friday, August 8th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

  Milei sparks controversy by equating Kirchnerism with Argentina's military dictatorship

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei has ignited a new wave of controversy after posing with his candidates beside a banner that read “Kirchnerism Never Again,” mimicking the typography of the historic Nunca Más report, which documented crimes committed during Argentina’s last military dictatorship. The photo, taken in a poor neighborhood of La Matanza—a traditional Peronist stronghold—marks the launch of Milei’s electoral campaign in Buenos Aires province.

• Monday, March 24th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

  Argentine gov't releases “full history” video highlighting pre-coup terrorism in the 1970s

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei Monday released a video on social media saying March 24, 2025, should be the “Day of Complete Memory” on the 49th anniversary of the Military Junta uprising headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafel Videla, marking the beginning of the self-appointed National Reorganization Process which ended up in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War and a return to democratic rule the following year.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina's intelligence bureau to digitize State terrorism files

  

  Argentina authorities have announced a plan to digitize over 250,000 documents on State terrorism carried out under various military regimes in the country's history, it was announced in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 08:21 UTC

  Former Army Capt., 3 police officers handed down life sentences for crimes during Argentina's last dictatorship

  

  A federal court in the Argentine city of Rosario Thursday handed down life in jail sentence to each of the four defendants in the Klotzman case of human rights violations and murder during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

• Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  US hands Argentina thousands of declassified documents from the military dictatorship

  

  The United States handed thousands of documents on Friday to Argentina on disappearances by the military dictatorship (1976/1983), completing Washington's biggest-ever transfer of documents to another government.