By the 1980s, economic collapse, public discontent, and the disastrous handling of the Falklands War resulted in the end of the junta and the restoration of democracy in Argentina, effectively ending the …

The Dirty War was a campaign waged from 1976 to 1983 by Argentina’s military dictatorship against suspected left-wing political opponents. It was characterized by systematic state terror, extrajudicial …

Oct 15, 2025 · In practice, it unleashed a campaign of terror against its own citizens—a Dirty War that killed or disappeared as many as 30,000 people. Argentina’s descent into authoritarianism had deep …

Sep 3, 2024 · The term “disappeared” or “desaparecidos” refers to thousands of people who were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by the Argentine military dictatorship during the period known as …

During the Argentine government’s seven-year (1976-83) campaign against suspected dissidents and subversives, often known as the “Dirty War,” between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed, …

Between 1976 and 1983, an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 people suspected of involvement with leftists guerrillas were “disappeared” by the authorities in what was known as the “Dirty War.” Victims were …

From 1976 through 1979, the Argentine military government conducted a relentless campaign against left-wing guerrillas. The military believed that the only way to defeat communism was to wage a “dirty …

From 1976 until their resounding defeat in the Falklands/Malvinas War of 1983, the military and its associated "death squads" harrassed, tortured, murdered, and "disappeared" thousands of real or …

The so-called guerra sucia (dirty war), which took place in Argentina under the various military governments that ruled from 1976 through 1983, resulted in the disappearance of between 9,000 …

The genocide in Argentina, often referred to as the ‘Dirty War,’ was a targeted campaign by the Argentine government to wipe out suspected dissidents and subversives.