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Bookmark or Share- The "Dirty War" and the History of Democracy in ArgentinaOn a fateful day in late March of 1976, Argentina's established democracy fell to a military coup that led the country into a brutal dictatorship for the next seven years, a period that has been coined "The Dirty War" Thousands of people disappeared, many were murdered, freedom of speech and the press were nullified, and any convention of ...
- Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)During the Argentine government’s seven-year (1976-83) campaign against suspected dissidents and subversives, often known as the “Dirty War,” between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed, including opponents of the government as well as innocent victims.
- Dirty War | Encyclopedia.comDirty war (guerra sucia) is the term used in Argentina by supporters of the last military dictatorship to characterize the clandestine terrorist repression carried out by the state between 1976 and 1983.
- Dirty War - WikipediaThe Dirty War (Spanish: Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina (Spanish: dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as a part of Operation Condor, during which military and security forces and death squads in the form of the ...
- Dirty War | Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaDirty War, infamous campaign waged from 1976 to 1983 by Argentina’s military dictatorship against suspected left-wing political opponents. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 30,000 citizens were killed; many of them were “ disappeared”—seized by the authorities and never heard from again.
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