Argentina opens Dirty War memorial

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald


Argentina opens Dirty War memorial
Posted on Wed, Nov. 07, 2007
By BILL CORMIER
Associated Press Writer

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina's president unveiled a memorial to victims of the so-called Dirty War that claimed some 13,000 lives during the country's military dictatorship, using the occasion to urge judges to speed human rights trials.

President Nestor Kirchner and hundreds of human rights activists gathered Wednesday at the new Memorial Park, where the names of thousands of victims of the country's 1976-83 military junta have been etched on a wall alongside the River Plate.

Staring across the muddy river as a jet roared overhead, Kirchner recounted how drugged, naked political prisoners were tossed from planes to their deaths in the waters under the military regime.

"This monument is a great feat - it shows the collective memory of the victims is alive in the world," he said.


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[MikeNearMcChord]

1. I would love to see the History Channel or PBS

do a story about Argentina's dirty war, because the way things are going, America may have one.

[gorbal]

2. Thank you

People need to know about this.

Here are some links to info on the "Dirty War"

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB73/index.htm

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB104/index.htm

[ohio2007]

3. If the military juanta didn't distract their own public with the failed attempt at grabbing

the Falkland /Malavina islands from England,
the military may have remained in power another decade or two.

The war was a distraction to the triple digit hyper-hyper inflation that plagued the economy

[Lisa]

4. a kick, since the recommendation time has elapsed

Re: the Dirty War .... read this and weep.

http://www.nuncamas.org/english/library/nevagain/nevagain_001.htm