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Argentine military dictatorship
Coup leaders Admiral Massera and General Videla. Argentina, 50 years after its darkest night

Half a century after the dictatorship began, the economic course of Javier Milei’s government continues along the same path set by the military regime.

Organizaciones de derechos humanos realizan un acto de conmemoración en la fosa común de Vargas, en Tucumán, Argentina. La destrucción de una generación de revolucionarios: la dictadura argentina

En este artículo revisamos cómo operó la dictadura argentina, quiénes estuvieron detrás de su existencia y cuáles fueron sus propósitos.

Mass grave in Tucuman Argentina How the Argentine dictatorship annihilated a generation of revolutionaries

50 years have passed since the coup d’état which installed the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina which, with US support, used all means to eliminate political opposition. The impacts of this extermination campaign are still felt deeply in Argentine society today.

50 years since the start of Argentina’s bloody dictatorship

The factors behind the coup d’état, the historical context, and the role of foreign interference are all part of the memory of the dictatorship. The battle over that memory may influence Argentina’s present and future.

Javier Milei celebrated Argentine independence with lavish military parade

Several people have criticized the expensive parade in a country where, according to Milei himself, “there is no money”. In addition, they have seen a certain relationship between the official acts with the past military dictatorship and the armed coup groups.

Argentina marks a historic Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice

The mass mobilization on the 48th anniversary of the coup in Argentina put the government’s position of denying the crimes of the dictatorship in check