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Old 03-02-2008, 02:51 PM   #3
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Woah, thanks your a life saver, do you think you could help me on another few...Thanks

nThe generals created a nationwide system that was used to track down “subversives”, which are people who wish to overthrow the authority
nThese “subversives” were the people that had “disappeared” and were tortured by the government
nOne newspaper had said that "there is one dead each five hours, and one bomb each three hours“
nDuring this war Jorge Rafael Videla had escaped various assassination attempts

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nMany Chilean exiles in Argentina were tortured again and were forced to leave to another country, Chilean General Carlos Prats was assassinated, as well as Cuban Diplomats
nDuring this war, many “subversive” women, had their children/newborn taken away, believing that those who are subversive, raise subversive children

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nIn 1976, one of the generals predicted that 25,000 subversives will be killed, as well as 5,000 will be killed out of a mistake
nThe National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons found that 9,000 people had disappeared, however, the more acceptable number by human rights groups are about 30,000 people that disappeared
nThe victims were people associated with activist groups, students, and people thought to hold left-wing views

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nMany of the disappeared were pushed out of planes into the Río de la Plata or the Atlantic Ocean to drown, known as vuelos de la muerte
nSome evidence shows that the children that were taken by the mothers during the war, were taken to military men to be raised as adopted children



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nFounded in 1977, this group demanded that the kidnapped children during the dirty war be returned to their mothers (Grand-Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo)
nThe protests were held at la Plaza de Mayo, where they wore white scarves to symbolize peace
nThe mothers of the Plaza de Mayo split, in 1986, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo – Founding Line was created for legislation on help to find the missing people’s remains and to bring ex-officials to justice
nThe other group was Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association, which took a political approach, refusing to accept help from the government until the government admits their faults and connections to the dirty war


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nDemocracy returns when Raúl Alfonsínbecomes president on December 1983
nHe created the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons to investigate the missing people and human rights violations



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