US to give Argentina declassified papers on America's role in military dictatorship

[Judi Lynn]

US to give Argentina declassified papers on America's role in military dictatorship

John Kerry will deliver material on US’s role in period in which thousands of leftwing activists were murdered, as relations between the two countries warm

Reuters in Buenos Aires
Thursday 4 August 2016 15.08 EDT



John Kerry said he will deliver the first batch of declassified documents related to America’s role in Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship, a seven-year period in which thousands of leftwing activists were murdered.

The delivery comes during a period of warming relations between the two countries, as center-right president Mauricio Macri, who was elected in December, has rejected the protectionism of his predecessors and sought a diplomatic rapprochement with the US.

“I want to note that the relationship between the United States and Argentina is an exciting, forward-looking one. But we’re also conscious of the lessons from the past,” Kerry told reporters during a visit to Buenos Aires.

“Last March, in response to a request from President Macri and human rights groups, President Obama promised to identify and share additional US government records, many from intelligence and law enforcement agencies. So later today, I will deliver the first tranche of those declassified documents to President Macri, with more to come in the future.“

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/04/us-argentina-declassified-papers-military-dictatorship

(John Kerry misspoke in saying Mauricio Macri requested the records, as it was Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who asked for the records, as she was the President all the way up until December 10th of last year.)

[forest444]

1. The Guardian needs to stop buying neocon op-eds from Reichters.

It's no secret Reuters' Latin America desk is staffed by Cuban exiles, Videla/Somoza regime rejects, and trust fund babies shipped out to Europe by wealthy landowners (who, in Latin America, are usually do far to the right they make Trump look like Bernie Sanders).

Many of The Guardian's readers are amazingly well-informed though.

Every time a story in The Guardian shills for Macri and spout neocon talking points about "courageous reforms" (read: decimating labor rights and real wages to make Argentina look more like Mexico) and "warming relations" (read: letting in U.S. military bases full of the worst elements - rapists, pedophiles and drug traffickers), some of their readers really set the record straight.

My guess is that the editors don't understand that their Latin America desk is being used for neocon propaganda, and/or just don't care if it is.

Thanks as always Judi.