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GUESTS: Marie Trigona, journalist and participant in the Direct Action and Video Alario Collective, Alicia Kozameh,

Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the right-wing military coup in Argentina that began a 7 year so-called “Dirty War.” Yesterday, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner announced that all military archives relating to the “Dirty War,” will be opened to the public. Last week, 10,000 people gathered outside the home of former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla where he is currently under house arrest.

It was exactly 30 years ago today, March 24th 1976, that the junta of General Jorge Rafael Videla, Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Air Force Brigadier Orlando Ramon Agosti deposed and arrested then President Isabel Peron. Videla was designated President soon after and headed the regime’s so-called “National Process of Reorganization,” that reigned from 1976 to 1983. The “Proceso,” as it came to be known included systematic state terror campaigns that claimed the lives of some 30,000 people. The Spanish term, desaparecidos, denoting those who had been “disappeared,” by the regime sadly became Argentina’s unique contribution to the lexicon of terror. In the lead up to today’s anniversary, human rights groups in Argentina have been organizing a variety of events to commemorate the victims of the regime.

Today on Uprising we commemorate this 30th anniversary.

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