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More than 30,000 people were “disappeared” during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship. Governments have since sought to restore faith in the system by trying and sentencing hundreds of state agents responsible for that era of terror.
So when the country’s Supreme Court recently allowed the early release of a convicted “Dirty War” torturer and kidnapper, the backlash was swift: up to 200,000 citizens marched in cities across the nation and Congress made future leniency for crimes against humanity illegal.
Rut Diamint and Laura Tedesco explain why Argentineans so fiercely defend human rights and what “never again” means to a still-healing nation.
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In post-dictatorship Argentina, citizens, like the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, have been the guardians of justice.
Argentine Ministry of Culture/flickr
Rut Diamint, Torcuato di Tella University; Laura Tedesco, St. Louis University - Madrid
Argentineans are determined to not forgive or forget the criminals who killed or disappeared more than 30,000 people.
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Anastas Vangeli, Polish Academy of Sciences
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