There are two fundamental questions we must ask ourselves about Argentina’s last dictatorship: What did Argentine society know about the people who were disappeared in those years? What aspects of that criminal system remain unknown?
There have been multiple attempts to answer the first question.
The Nunca Más report in 1984, for instance, stated that society was oblivious and ignorant.
In the 199...
The article raises questions about the role of various groups in understanding Argentina's last dictatorship. It suggests that while some groups, like journalist Rodolfo Walsh and the Argentine Commission for Human Rights, quickly denounced the state’s responsibility for human rights violations, others initially attributed these crimes to paramilitary groups. This may indicate differing levels of awareness and understanding about the dictatorship's criminal system within society. The article als...