Dirty Wars - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 3
About This Presentation
Title:

Dirty Wars

Description:

The Dirty Wars are generally seen as a reactionary response to the success of ... in South America (particularly Argentina and Chile) during the Dirty Wars. ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:204
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 4
Provided by: mar07
Category:
Tags: dirty | wars

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Dirty Wars


1
Dirty Wars
  • Dirty War Term used to describe the crackdown
    on leftists and other opposition to the military
    regimes in South America in the 1960s and 70s.
    Trained by U.S. personnel at the School of the
    Americas, Latin American military juntas ordered
    the arrest, torture, and general disappearance of
    tens of thousands of enemies of the regime in
    Argentina, Chile, and other southern cone
    countries. The Dirty Wars are generally seen as a
    reactionary response to the success of the Cuban
    Revolution and the fear that communism would
    spread to the rest of Latin America.
  • General Jorge Rafael Videla Argentine general
    and head of a three-man military junta that led a
    coup in 1976. The military stepped in to remove
    Isabel Peron from power after she assumed the
    presidency upon Juan Perons death. Videlas
    regime continued what Isabel Peron had started in
    rooting out political opposition and leftist
    dissidents. Some legitimate political
    terrorists were targeted by the military
    government, but thousands of innocent Argentines
    also fell victim to the Videlas repression.
  • Desaparecidos (Disappeared) A term developed to
    describe the fate of victims of military
    dictatorships in South America (particularly
    Argentina and Chile) during the Dirty Wars.
    Enemies of the regime frequently disappeared
    from their homes or the street in the middle of
    the night taken by men in unmarked sedans. The
    act of disappearing people became an act of
    terror as family and friends had no information
    as to their whereabouts. Tens of thousands of
    disappeareds from the 1970s in Latin America
    have never been recovered.
  • Madres of the Plaza de Mayo A group of mothers
    who joined together to support each other after
    their sons and/or daughters had been detained and
    disappeared by the Argentine government. What
    initially started as a support group quickly
    turned into a group dedicated to carrying out
    public demonstrations and demanding. In 1977,
    the mothers began weekly public marches in the
    Plaza de Mayo across from the presidential plaza.
    They wore white kerchiefs on their heads and
    carried banners with pictures of their missing
    loved ones. Their marches were intended to bring
    attention to the injustices being carried out in
    Argentina. Several of the founding mothers were
    disappeared themselves, but participation in the
    movement grew and attracted worldwide attention.
    The group has been awarded several peace prizes
    and they have been honored by a U2 song, Mothers
    of the Disappeared.

2
Battle of Chile and Chile Obstinate Memory
  • Salvador Allende (1970-73) Socialist president
    of Chile democratically elected and
    killed/suicide? during a military coup (Sept. 11,
    1973), backed by the United States, organized to
    remove him from power. Allende was opposed by
    the U.S. and by the Chilean right for his social
    reform policies - Specifically the
    nationalization of the copper mining industry, an
    overhaul of the health care system, and a free
    milk program
  • Unidad Popular Popular Unity coalition of
    parties that united to elect and support Salvador
    Allende. Comprised mostly of the various leftist
    parties (Communist, Socialist, Radical, etc.) but
    also of some discontented moderates.
  • Christian Democratic Party Chilean moderate
    political party that controlled Congress.
    Initially supported Allende, but eventually
    opposed his reform agenda (and the economic
    fallout of U.S. sanctions). Formed an alliance
    with the far-right to oust Allende.
  • Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) General and
    commander of the Chilean military and leader of
    the coup to remove Allende. Upon overthrowing
    Allende, Pinochet was selected to head the
    governing military junta. He suspended all
    political activity (constitution, elections,
    etc.) and aggressively suppressed may civil
    rights (freedom of press, expression, etc.)
    Pinochet pursued a retaliatory policy against the
    left that resulted in the arrest, torture,
    disappearance, and death of thousands of
    Chileans.
  • DINA Secret police established by Pinochet to
    pursue suspected leftists. Members were trained
    at the School of the Americas and were
    responsible for the arrest, torture, death, and
    suppression of human rights of many Chileans.
    The DINA also pursued Chilean leftist and former
    members of Allendes administration abroad and
    carried out assassinations on foreign soil
    including the assassination of Orlando Letelier
    (Allendes ambassador to the United States) in
    Washington D.C. just a few miles from the
    nations capitol.
  • Operation Condor Assassination and
    counter-terrorism campaign jointly pursued by
    military dictatorships of South America
    (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and
    Uruguay) in the 1970s. The campaign involved
    pursuing leftist enemies of the military regimes
    and sharing information as to their locations.
    This operation became part of a larger
    anti-leftist strategy that killed or disappeared
    tens of thousands of Latin Americans.

3
Statistics
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com