Dirty War
Argentinian theater of the Cold War
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| November 16 2023 | The death of Luis Kyburg, a former Argentinean naval officer believed to have killed at least 150 people during the Dirty War, was revealed. He had been living in Berlin since 2013 and died in October, weeks before he was scheduled to face trial for 23 murders. |
| 2022 | Release of 'Argentina, 1985', a film directed by Santiago Mitre reflecting on the events and aftermath of the Dirty War. |
| April 2019 | Final tranche of documents released by the United States Declassification Project, completing the historical record of U.S. intelligence on the Dirty War |
| April 2019 | Final tranche of declassified US documents related to Argentina's human rights abuses released |
| 2016 | President Barack Obama announces the United States Declassification Project on Argentina, responding to a request from Argentine President Mauricio Macri and human rights groups |
| 2016 | President Barack Obama visits Argentina and acknowledges the United States was 'too slow' to condemn human rights atrocities during the military junta years |
| 2016 | A group of Argentinian-Israelis filed a freedom of information request demanding that the Israeli government release documents about military and diplomatic ties with the Argentine junta. |
| 2016 | Federal Judge Julián Ercolini declared Magnetto, Mitre, and Noble innocent, ruling there was insufficient evidence of wrongdoing in the Papel Prensa case. |
| December 2016 | Second tranche of documents released by the United States Declassification Project, continuing to shed light on the period's human rights violations |
| December 2016 | Second tranche of declassified US documents related to Argentina's human rights abuses released |
| August 2016 | First tranche of declassified US documents related to Argentina's human rights abuses released |
| August 2016 | Argentine President Mauricio Macri was widely condemned by human rights groups for questioning the number of 30,000 disappeared and referring to the period as a 'Dirty War'. |
| July 9 2016 | During the Argentine Bicentennial Independence Celebrations, former Colonel Carlos Carrizo Salvadores led a march of Falklands War veterans and Operation Independence veterans, drawing criticism from the left after being acquitted under Macri's government. |
| 2015 | Release of 'Where Is My Grandchild?', a documentary by Retro Report focusing on the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo and their search for stolen children. |
| 2015 | An investigation was conducted to examine claims about a detention center at Mercedes Benz, allegedly led by racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio. |
| 2013 | Former Colonel Carlos Carrizo Salvadores was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the Rosario Chapel massacre in Catamarca Province. |
| 2013 | Máxima became Queen when her husband Willem-Alexander ascended to the throne. |
| 2012 | Professor Melisa Slatman publishes 'Actividades extraterritoriales represivas de la Armada Argentina durante la última dictadura civil militar de Seguridad Nacional (1976-1983)' at the Universidad Nacional de la Plata, presenting a critical perspective on Operation Condor and its historical narrative. |
| October 2010 | Online publication of Edgar Brau's 'Suite argentina' (Argentine Suite) translation by Donald A. Yates in Words Without Borders. |
| February 2010 | A German court issued an international arrest warrant for former dictator Jorge Videla in connection with the disappearance of Rolf Stawowiok, a German citizen, in 1978. |
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