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Argentine "Dirty War" : Human Rights Law And Literature, Alexander H. Lubarsky
Argentine "Dirty War" : Human Rights Law And Literature, Alexander H. Lubarsky
Theses and Dissertations
In 1973 Gen. Juan Domingo Peron was voted into office as President of Argentina after an 18 year exile. He died the following year in 197 4 when his second wife, Isabella Peron, served as his successor. In 1976 the military overthrew Isabella Peron as part of their "calling" to restore law and order to a chaotic Argentina. To do so, the military declared an all out war on any sectors of life which could be viewed as a threat to the maintenance of military rule. This objective, offic-ially known as the "Proceso" but dubbed by the public as the …