Dear Students of the United States, I am not writing to you as a politician, nor as a mere politically- minded person, rather I am speaking to you as a husband and a father. In the middle of the Dirty war, 1978, my wife Agustina was taken from our home while in labor. Up to that point, it was the most devastating moment of my life. That was until I heard what had happened while she was retained there. She had given birth to her baby, and was murdered. Later the day of the execution, her name arose
liberalism did not usually extend to politics. As Argentine economy continued to deteriorate, the political and economic problems opened the door to the Montonero guerrillas, whom committed bombings and and collected million of dollars in ransoms for kidnappings. Although they organized some rural guerrilla activities and training camps, the Montoneros acted primarily in the cities, where the middle class lived. The perceived notion of instability crippled Argentines economy, further crippling the once
The very idea of cine piquetero is controversial. For some, the term refers to militant cinema made by those who participate directly in the piquetero movement—those who “recuperate” dormant factories, cut off traffic in the streets, or march in political demonstrations; for others, the term refers, more broadly and capaciously, to films made by individuals or groups who sympathize with the piqueteros and their contestations of neoliberalism, the media’s false images, poverty, and corruption. Some
The Factors That Prompted Democratisation in Argentina The Constitution of 1853 gave the vote to all native‑born males, irrelevant of literacy levels or ownership of property, and since this turning point in its history, the Argentine Republic, or Argentina, has had a precarious and temperamental relationship with democracy. Argentina has flirted with many differing systems of government from the end of the Second World War, involving personalities ranging from General Juan Perón, the