Excerpt: "In a much-awaited step toward uncovering the historical truth of
the U.S.-backed Dirty War in Argentina in the 1970's and 80's, the United
States has delivered over 1,000 pages of classified documents to the South
American country."
Human rights activists and families of the disappeared under the 1976-1983
dictatorship in Argentina remember Dirty War victims. (photo: Reuters)
US Documents on Argentina Dirty War Show Conflict Between Carter
Administration and Kissinger
By teleSUR
09 August 16
As Hillary Clinton attempts to seal Henry Kissinger's endorsement, documents
reveal how he undermined Jimmy Carter's human rights agenda in Argentina.
In a much-awaited step toward uncovering the historical truth of the
U.S.-backed Dirty War in Argentina in the 1970's and 80's, the United States
has delivered over 1,000 pages of classified documents to the South American
country. But critics argue that there are major gaps in the files, including
the exclusion of CIA documents, that keep in the dark important details of
the extent of human rights violations and the U.S. role in such abuses.
The Argentine government delivered the newly-declassified documents to
journalists and human rights organizations on Monday after U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry presented the files to President Mauricio Macri during a
state visit last week.
The 1,078 pages from 14 U.S. government agencies and departments are the
first in a series of public releases over the next 18 months of declassified
documents related to Argentina's last military dictatorship, including
Argentine Country Files, White House staff files, correspondence cables, and
other archives, according to a statement from the U.S. Office of the
Director of National Intelligence.
The files include grisly descriptions of torture, rape, assassinations, and
forced disappearances carried out by the military regime under General Jorge
Rafael Videla, installed after the 1976 coup against left-wing President
Isabel Peron.
The documents also detail Henry Kissinger's applause of the Argentine
dictatorship and its counterinsurgency strategy, including during a visit to
General Videla during the 1978 World Cup. National Security staffer Robert
Pastor wrote in 1978 that Kissinger's "praise for the Argentine government
in its campaign against terrorism was the music the Argentine government was
longing to hear."
Argentina's so-called anti-terrorism policy was in reality a brutal
crackdown on political dissidents, human rights defenders, academics, church
leaders, students, and other opponents of the right-wing regime. It was also
part of the regional U.S.-backed Operation Condor, a state terror operation
that carried out assassinations and disappearances in support of Sout
America's right-wing dictatorships. In Argentina, up to 30,000 people were
forcibly disappeared during the Dirty War.
The documents also detail how then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter raised
concern over the human rights situation in Argentina, including in a letter
to General Videla rather gently urging him to make progress with respect to
human rights. At the time, Kissinger reportedly demonstrates a "desire to
speak out against the Carter Administration's human rights policy to Latin
America," according to a memo by National Security's Pastor.
The further confirmation of Kissinger's attrocious legacy in Latin America
comes as U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton courts an endorsement
from Kissinger, widely condemned as a war criminal by human rights groups.
However, despite the revealing details, the batch of documents is also
lacking in key archives, the Argentine publication El Destape pointed out.
The package does not include files from the CIA or the Defense Intelligence
Agency, which specializes in military intelligence.
What's more, although the documents were expected to cover the period of
1977 to 1982, the latest documents are dated 1981, which means that cables
related to the 1982 Malvinas War between Argentina and Britain and the U.S.
role in the conflict are not included.
The Macri administration hailed the release of the documents as the result
of a "new foreign policy" that has steered the country to rekindle ties with
the United States after former Presidents Nestor Kirchner and Cristina
Fernandez championed anti-imperialist politics for 12 years. But the
self-congratulatory government narrative ignores the fact that Argentine
human rights organizations have demanded for years that the archives be
released in a fight for historical truth that first bore fruit in 2002 with
the release of over 4,500 U.S. documents. Furthermore, Macri has come under
fire for undermining investigations into dictatorship-era crimes after his
sweeping austerity campaign scrapped departments charged with gathering
historical evidence in certain public institutions. The Argentine president
has also been criticized over his indirect ties to the military regime,
which proved to hugely benefit his family business, the Macri Society, also
known as Socma.
U.S. President Obama described the move as a response to the U.S.
"responsibility to confront the past with honesty and transparency." Obama
announced plans to release documents related to the Dirty War during a visit
with Macri in Argentina in March, which coincided with the 40th anniversary
of the 1976 military coup.
Obama's visit was widely criticized by human rights activists over the
insensitivity of the timing. Although he announced plans for the United
States to "do its part" with respect to uncovering historical truth about
the dictatorship period, he did not apologize for the United States'
involvement in human rights abuses and widespread forced disappearance.
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Human rights activists and families of the disappeared under the 1976-1983
dictatorship in Argentina remember Dirty War victims. (photo: Reuters)
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US Documents on Argentina Dirty War Show Conflict Between Carter
Administration and Kissinger
By teleSUR
09 August 16
As Hillary Clinton attempts to seal Henry Kissinger's endorsement, documents
reveal how he undermined Jimmy Carter's human rights agenda in Argentina.
n a much-awaited step toward uncovering the historical truth of the
U.S.-backed Dirty War in Argentina in the 1970's and 80's, the United States
has delivered over 1,000 pages of classified documents to the South American
country. But critics argue that there are major gaps in the files, including
the exclusion of CIA documents, that keep in the dark important details of
the extent of human rights violations and the U.S. role in such abuses.
The Argentine government delivered the newly-declassified documents to
journalists and human rights organizations on Monday after U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry presented the files to President Mauricio Macri during a
state visit last week.
The 1,078 pages from 14 U.S. government agencies and departments are the
first in a series of public releases over the next 18 months of declassified
documents related to Argentina's last military dictatorship, including
Argentine Country Files, White House staff files, correspondence cables, and
other archives, according to a statement from the U.S. Office of the
Director of National Intelligence.
The files include grisly descriptions of torture, rape, assassinations, and
forced disappearances carried out by the military regime under General Jorge
Rafael Videla, installed after the 1976 coup against left-wing President
Isabel Peron.
The documents also detail Henry Kissinger's applause of the Argentine
dictatorship and its counterinsurgency strategy, including during a visit to
General Videla during the 1978 World Cup. National Security staffer Robert
Pastor wrote in 1978 that Kissinger's "praise for the Argentine government
in its campaign against terrorism was the music the Argentine government was
longing to hear."
Argentina's so-called anti-terrorism policy was in reality a brutal
crackdown on political dissidents, human rights defenders, academics, church
leaders, students, and other opponents of the right-wing regime. It was also
part of the regional U.S.-backed Operation Condor, a state terror operation
that carried out assassinations and disappearances in support of Sout
America's right-wing dictatorships. In Argentina, up to 30,000 people were
forcibly disappeared during the Dirty War.
The documents also detail how then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter raised
concern over the human rights situation in Argentina, including in a letter
to General Videla rather gently urging him to make progress with respect to
human rights. At the time, Kissinger reportedly demonstrates a "desire to
speak out against the Carter Administration's human rights policy to Latin
America," according to a memo by National Security's Pastor.
The further confirmation of Kissinger's attrocious legacy in Latin America
comes as U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton courts an endorsement
from Kissinger, widely condemned as a war criminal by human rights groups.
However, despite the revealing details, the batch of documents is also
lacking in key archives, the Argentine publication El Destape pointed out.
The package does not include files from the CIA or the Defense Intelligence
Agency, which specializes in military intelligence.
What's more, although the documents were expected to cover the period of
1977 to 1982, the latest documents are dated 1981, which means that cables
related to the 1982 Malvinas War between Argentina and Britain and the U.S.
role in the conflict are not included.
The Macri administration hailed the release of the documents as the result
of a "new foreign policy" that has steered the country to rekindle ties with
the United States after former Presidents Nestor Kirchner and Cristina
Fernandez championed anti-imperialist politics for 12 years. But the
self-congratulatory government narrative ignores the fact that Argentine
human rights organizations have demanded for years that the archives be
released in a fight for historical truth that first bore fruit in 2002 with
the release of over 4,500 U.S. documents. Furthermore, Macri has come under
fire for undermining investigations into dictatorship-era crimes after his
sweeping austerity campaign scrapped departments charged with gathering
historical evidence in certain public institutions. The Argentine president
has also been criticized over his indirect ties to the military regime,
which proved to hugely benefit his family business, the Macri Society, also
known as Socma.
U.S. President Obama described the move as a response to the U.S.
"responsibility to confront the past with honesty and transparency." Obama
announced plans to release documents related to the Dirty War during a visit
with Macri in Argentina in March, which coincided with the 40th anniversary
of the 1976 military coup.
Obama's visit was widely criticized by human rights activists over the
insensitivity of the timing. Although he announced plans for the United
States to "do its part" with respect to uncovering historical truth about
the dictatorship period, he did not apologize for the United States'
involvement in human rights abuses and widespread forced disappearance.
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