While The World Watched

[Rogue]

At the same time Argentina hosted the 1978 World Cup, the nation's dictators were waging their "Dirty War" of repression, kidnappings and torture. As the tournament again draws near, ghastly memories are flooding back.

A very good read.

 

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

Sale & Percy's account of our behind the scenes shenanigans last season will be far worse.

Argentina is no North Korea.

 

[tomasj]

The Argentinian junta was one of the worst regimes to rule anywhere on that continent, but got far less media exposure here than say Pinochet's Chile, because of the spectacular coup d'etat in 1973 and subsequent murder of Allende. It was during a period where military regimes were the norm rather than the exception in South and Central America. Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, they all had bouts of military dictatorship and totalitarian and authoritarian rule for decades of the 20th century.

One of the bloodiest was Videla's junta. I'd say it's about the only good thing about Thatcher; the Argentinian defeat in the Falklands War got the junta out.

 

[Anatoli]

They do great corned beef, those plucky argentinians.