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Right wing rally

These former military were at a rally calling for the government to recognize the sacrifice of the military during the 'dirty years'. They were saying that Marxist subversives had carried out terrorism against the military during this time, and seemed to ignore the fact that the military was responsible for 'dissapearing' 30,000 people during the same time. A side note, on Sept. 20 a man (star witness) who was scheduled to testify the next day against the military for crimes during this time, just up and vanished... Dissapeared. People have been protesting his dissapearance every day. There remains a lot of unresolved issues in Argentina
Here's some pics

October 4th 2006
Not a lot to say, other than things are going well. Laurence and I have been out and about enjoying all that the city has to offer. Next week, Laurence and I will be heading to Puerto Iguazu to see some incredible waterfalls in a subtropical region of Argentina. Should be fun! Hope everyone is well back home and enjoyed a great long weekend and some turkey dinner. No chance of turkey down h ... read more
South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

Argentine Flag Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more
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