Changes

After the death of the controversial President Juan  Perón in 1974, his wife,  Isabel Perón, assumed power. However, she was not very strong politically and a military junta led a coup against her and removed her from office. This military junta maintained its grip on power by cracking down on anybody whom they believed was associated with the guerrillas. The new regime under General Jorge Rafaél Videla attempted to apply a monetarist solution to economic problems and launched what it called the war against subversion, which came to be widely known to others as the "Dirty War", in an attempt to completely defeat left-wing guerrilla activity that was out of control by early 1976.

After the death of the controversial President Juan  Perón in 1974, his wife,  Isabel Perón, assumed power. However, she was not very strong politically and a military junta led a coup against her and removed her from office. This military junta maintained its grip on power by cracking down on anybody whom they believed was associated with the guerrillas. The new regime under General Jorge Rafaél Videla attempted to apply a monetarist solution to economic problems and launched what it called the war against subversion, which came to be widely known to others as the "Dirty War", in an attempt to completely defeat left-wing guerrilla activity that was out of control by early 1976.

The Baltimore Sun reported at the beginning of 1976 on the fighting taking place in Tucumán province:

The Baltimore Sun reported in January 1976 on the fighting taking place in Tucumán province:

<blockquote>In the jungle-covered mountains of Tucumán, long known as 'Argentina's garden', Argentines are fighting Argentines in a Vietnam-style civil war. So far, the outcome is in doubt. But there is no doubt about the seriousness of the combat, which involves 2,000 or so leftist guerrillas and perhaps as many as 10,000 soldiers.<ref>"'Viet war' growing in Argentina," James Nelson Goodsell, ''The Baltimore Sun,'' 18 January 1976</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>In the jungle-covered mountains of Tucumán, long known as 'Argentina's garden', Argentines are fighting Argentines in a Vietnam-style civil war. So far, the outcome is in doubt. But there is no doubt about the seriousness of the combat, which involves 2,000 or so leftist guerrillas and perhaps as many as 10,000 soldiers.<ref>"'Viet war' growing in Argentina," James Nelson Goodsell, ''The Baltimore Sun,'' 18 January 1976</ref></blockquote>