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The history of human rights in Argentina is affected by the last civil-military dictatorship in the country (1976-1983) and its aftermath. The dictatorship is known in North America as the "Dirty War", a named coined by the dictatorship itself to justify their actions of State-sponsored terrorism against Argentine citizenry, which were backed by the United States as part of their planned ...
National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (Spanish: Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas, CONADEP) was an Argentine organization created by President Raúl Alfonsín on 15 December 1983, shortly after his inauguration, to investigate the fate of the desaparecidos (victims of forced disappearance) and other human rights violations (see: Dirty War) performed during the ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
Only around 900 of the deaths were directly inflicted due to most victims dying due to diseases unknown to them; Death of the last native speaker of the Selk'nam language in the 1980s [5] Extinction of the Yagán domestic fox used by the Selk'nam; Argentine occupation of the Puna de Atacama (1885–1886) Argentina Bolivia: Victory
The Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk on May 2, 1982, by the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.The sinking of the General Belgrano led to the death of 323 Argentine sailors, [1] [2] almost half of all Argentine casualties during the conflict, [3] [4] and sparked controversy, as the attack occurred outside the exclusion zone established by the ...
Pages in category "Deaths by person in Argentina" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Death and state funeral of Néstor Kirchner; M.
Deaths in Argentina (8 C) M. Murder in Argentina (8 C, 4 P) S. State funerals in Argentina (2 P) This page was ...
Map showing the territorial dispute and its resolution in 1966. The Alto Palena-Encuentro River border dispute was a territorial dispute between the Argentine Republic and the Republic of Chile over the demarcation of the boundary between landmarks XVI and XVII of their common border [1] [2] [3] in the valleys located north of General Vintter/Palena Lake (formerly General Paz Lake), [4] [5 ...