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Left Wing Terrorism in Argentina (view source)
Revision as of 01:02, August 8, 2018
, 01:02, August 8, 2018→First Military Coup
From 1880-1930 the anarchist movement in Argentina existed relatively undisturbed in the main cities.
From 1880-1930 the anarchist movement in Argentina existed relatively undisturbed in the main cities.
==First Military Coup==
==1920s violence==
On December 24, 1927, anarchists planted bombs at two U.S. bank branches in Buenos Aires resulting in the multiple injuries of twenty bank staff and customers.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Banks Bombed in Buenos Aires. Branches Of National City And Boston Concern Are Wrecked |work=The Sun |date=25 December 1927}}</ref> The Italian Consulate in Buenos Aires was bombed on 23 May 1928 and seven were killed and nearly 50 wounded in the anarchist bombing.<ref>{{cite news |title=7 Killed by Bomb in Buenos Aires |work=The Sun |date=24 May 1928}}</ref> On 24 December 1929, 44-year-old Italian-born anarchist Gualterio Marinelli was killed in his attempt to assassinate Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen but he manages to wound two policemen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Argentine President Escapes Assassin. Three Shots Fired at Car of Yrigoyen in Capital Assailant, Killed by Guards, Said to Be an Italian Anarchist |work=Daily Boston Globe |date=25 December 1929}}</ref> On September 6, 1930, Yrigoyen was deposed in a military coup led by General [[José Félix Uriburu]].
==Military Coup==
Throughout the 1930’s the Left Wing Radicals were weakened by the success of the Military Junta led by General José Félix Uriburu. The Uriburu regime shut down Anarchist and Communist presses and made it difficult, if not impossible, for anarchists to spread their ideals.<ref>Argentine Unions, the State & the Rise of Perón, 1930-1945, Joel Horowitz, p. 13, University of California, International & Area Studies, 1990</ref>Uriburu ordered the mass deportation of Spanish and Italian workers that had joined the anarchists and the changing political, economic and social conditions ''"led to the decline of this movement, particularly in its manifestation within the labor movement"''.<ref>Politics and the Labor Movement in Latin America, Víctor Alba, p. 44, Stanford University Press, 1968 </ref>
Throughout the 1930’s the Left Wing Radicals were weakened by the success of the Military Junta led by General José Félix Uriburu. The Uriburu regime shut down Anarchist and Communist presses and made it difficult, if not impossible, for anarchists to spread their ideals.<ref>Argentine Unions, the State & the Rise of Perón, 1930-1945, Joel Horowitz, p. 13, University of California, International & Area Studies, 1990</ref>Uriburu ordered the mass deportation of Spanish and Italian workers that had joined the anarchists and the changing political, economic and social conditions ''"led to the decline of this movement, particularly in its manifestation within the labor movement"''.<ref>Politics and the Labor Movement in Latin America, Víctor Alba, p. 44, Stanford University Press, 1968 </ref>