Jorge Rafael Videla
Argentine dictator (1925–2013)
5 stories
2 quotes
Our worst moment arrived with the Kirchners,
- the ex-dictator Jorge Rafael Videla declared in 2012, in reference to the whirlwind of the trials of crimes against humanity against former officers that began nationwide as from 2005.Buenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/argentina…
There was no other solution: we agreed it was the price to pay to win the war, and we needed it not to be evident so that society wouldn’t realize,
- Videla told journalist Ceferino Reato in his final interview before dying in prison in 2013 while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanityThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…independent.co.uk/news/argenti…
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Stories that caught our eye: July 3 to 10
Buenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/argentina…Lack of funds, low-paid soldiers leaves Argentina’s Armed Forces at a crossroads
Buenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/argentina…A budget crunch has prompted the Army to cut dozens of medical training courses and Navy leadership has informed Congress they will run out of money in about two months
International Business Timesibtimes.com/army/cutting…Survivors recall horror of dictatorship, 50 years on from coup
Buenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/argentina…Beneath a leaden sky in a municipal cemetery, relatives of Eduardo Ramos and Alicia Cerrotta carry the two urns containing their remains
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