Tag: Argentina Military Junta

• Monday, May 2nd 2011 - 00:48 UTC

  Argentina looses a master of literature, human rights and common sense

  

  Argentine writer and human rights militant Ernesto Sabato died at his home on Saturday morning at the age of 99. He has been suffering from bronchitis. A physicist by training he became famous because of his writing; however he had not produced any works for quite some time.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2011 - 23:07 UTC

  Former Junta Leader Nicolaides Dies

  

  Cristino Nicolaides has died in the Argentine province of Cordoba, age 86. The former leader of the army was under house arrest for numerous of human rights abuses.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2010 - 08:09 UTC

  Former Argentine dictator Gneral Videla sentenced to life in prison

  

  The strongman of Argentina's 1976-1983 military Junta General Jorge Videla, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for crimes against humanity committed during the so called “dirty war” against left-wing dissidents.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 17:21 UTC

  Argentine military Junta leader and “dirty war” brains dies in hospital

  

  Argentine coup leader Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85, died Monday after suffering for years from a heart condition and dementia that left him too ill to be tried for crimes against humanity.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  Argentine Dictatorship Former Economy Minister Arrested Accused of Kidnapping

  

  Former economy minister José Martínez de Hoz, the economic brains behind the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, has been arrested and transferred to a clinic after an amnesty law was lifted, a court official has said.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 03:24 UTC

  Argentine military Junta president sentenced to 25 years in prison

  

  Retired General Reynaldo Bignone, 82, the last leader of Argentina’s 1976-1983 military regime was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity.