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Montevideo, April 19th 2025 - 01:09 UTC

Tag: Condor Plan

  • Monday, March 24th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Human rights organizations to make statement at Plaza de Mayo

    Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo will speak against the 1976-83 dictatorship and Milei's current administration alike

    Leftwing and human rights organizations in Argentina will stage an event at Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo marking the 49th anniversary of the military uprising against the democratic government of President María Estela Martínez de Perón (Isabelita).

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 02:55 UTC

    Argentine Justice seeks repatriation of plane used in Condor Plan kidnapping

    The Condor Plan was a coordination between the military dictatorships of several Latin American countries in the 1970s and 1980s to persecute and eliminate political opponents. Photo: AFP

    The Argentine justice system has requested Uruguay to repatriate a plane allegedly used in the infamous Condor Plan, a coordination effort between South American dictatorships during the 1970s and 1980s. The aircraft, a Hawker Siddeley twin-jet, is believed to have been utilized in the transfer of detainees during this dark period of political repression.