In Argentina, mothers of 'disappeared' protest Obama's marking of 1976 coup.

[koushiba]

Families still searching for missing victims of Argentina’s military dictatorship say Obama visit will overshadow day of painful remembrance: ‘It’s our date’

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[calinewarkwc69]

OP, thank you, once again, for a great post. I have to admit, I don't know a whole lot about the history of South American countries especially regarding USA's diplomacy (or lack thereof), so this was a good read. Also, made my heart beat a little faster for Jimmy Carter <3

ushering in seven years of military rule during which Argentina’s generals made their victims disappear by throwing them alive from helicopters into the freezing waters of the Atlantic.

FUCKING HORRIFYING.

[koushiba]

Aw thank you again <3
I love Jimmy Carter, I know he wasn't the "best president ever!" but his human rights work was always on point. I think thats what you get when you get an "outsider" as president (well- you can also get Andrew Jackson.....).
The story I linked to below gets into more horrifying details, I will never understand anyone who can order people to do that or who can go along with carrying out those orders.

[calinewarkwc69]

The people who carry out the orders is what gets me... I could NEVER throw someone out of a helicopter or any of the other treacherous ways that people are ordered to murder people. The brainwashing it must take to be able to do that to someone man.... unbelievable.

I love Carter too... he was wayyyy too ahead of his time.

[koushiba]

He was way too ahead of his time :/

Its scary to think about!

[koushiba]

If anyone wants to cry I also suggest reading THIS. It's a heartbreaking but also wonderful story about one of the grandmothers who found her grandson after 36 years.

[browneyedguuurl]

Terrible. The story of those murdered in Argentina and other Latin American countries are horrific. Thanks to Hillary's bff Kissinger and the USA meddling in their affairs.

3. Argentina

U.S. documents declassified in 2003 detail conversations between U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Argentinian Foreign Minister Admiral Guzzetti in October 1976, soon after the military junta seized power in Argentina. Kissinger explicitly approved the junta’s “dirty war,” in which it eventually killed up to 30,000, most of them young people, and stole 400 children from the families of their murdered parents. Kissinger told Guzzetti, “Look, our basic attitude is that we would like you to succeed… the quicker you succeed the better.” The U.S. Ambassador in Buenos Aires reported that Guzzetti “returned in a state of jubilation, convinced that there is no real problem with the US government over that issue.” (“Daniel Gandolfo,” “Presente!”)

For those interested in reading about Argentina and other US supported coups, here's a link.Reply

[koushiba]

Thank you for the link!
I'm still livid that Rios Montt has pretty much gotten off. I hope he dies a slow and painful death that drags out till he can't take it anymore.
I wish the same of Kissinger too.

[browneyedguuurl]

I know how you feel. It makes me so angry to see all these evil people that have gotten away with so much and gotten no repercussions for it. If there is a hell I hope Kissinger and many others burn in it.

[akillarian]

Thank you for the post OP. No surprise that an outsider government would or will support whatever regime, as long as it benefits their foreign relationship. This support also allows them to have a firmer footing in said foreign country. Their presence is not easily shut out.