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Dirty War (Argentina, 1976-83) (view source)
Revision as of 17:32, December 26, 2018
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==President Isabel Martínez de Perón==
==President Isabel Martínez de Perón==
Juan Perón's death precipitated a crisis that could be handled neither by his wife and vice president nor by her top aid, José López Rega. They consoldited power, however, and surprised even Conservative sectors with an authoritarian government designed to end the left-wing militant movement through the use of civilian paramilitary groups, the largest of which was known as the ''Alianza Anticomunista Argentina (Argentinian Anticommunist Alliance or AAA), created by López Rega.
Juan Perón's death precipitated a crisis that could be handled neither
by his wife and vice president nor by her top aid, José López Rega.
They consolidated power, however, and surprised even Conservative
sectors with an authoritarian government designed to end the influence
of left-wing extremists through the use of civilian paramilitary death
squads, the largest of which was known as the ''Alianza Anticomunista
Argentina (Argentinian Anticommunist Alliance or AAA), created by
López Rega.
The new conservative government also sought to eliminate leftist
influence in the education system, particularly the universities,
through the appointment of conservative officials to the Ministry of
Education. Economic policies were directed at restructuring wages and
currency devaluations in order to attract foreign investment in
Argentina.
The conservative government soon led to labor unrest. By mid-1975
devaluations had prompted a price increase that was resented even by
workers whose wages had benefited from a pay rise. At that point the
CGT requested an across-the-board 100-percent wage increase that was
rejected by the government, thus prompting further labour unrest.
Threats of a general strike led to a reshuffling of Isabel's cabinet
that failed to satisfy either the CGT or the top military commanders,
whose allegiance the administration had been so eager to attract.
In response to the economic chaos and the lack of government political
control of the various provinces, terrorist attacks began to rise.
These were led by leftist organizations such as the Montoneros and the
People's Revolutionary Army, as well as by the AAA. A general feeling
of uneasiness grew as inflation skyrocketed to some 350 percent by the
end of 1975.
López Rega was ousted as Isabel de Perón's adviser in June 1975;
Lieutenant-General General Alberto Numa Laplane, the commander in
chief of the army who had supported the administration through the
López Rega period, was replaced by Lieutenant-General Jorge Rafael
Videla in August 1975. On Christmas Eve, 1975, Videla issued an
ultimatum calling for the government ''"to adopt decisions to resolve
the country's problems."''
As her government struggled with the problems of declining production,
a growing budget deficit, the beginning of hyper inflation, and
left-wing terrorism, the military overthrew her government. On March
24th 1976, exactly 90 days after the ultimatum was issued and shortly
after the CGT had demanded Isabel de Perón's resignation, the armed
forces removed her from the presidency. She was held under house
arrest for several years before moving to Spain in 1981.
==Guerrillas==
==Guerrillas==