Milei reopens debate about Argentina's dictatorship, Armed Forces
TODAY 18:51
President enrages human rights groups by questioning estimate of those disappeared by junta’s security forces and calls for “reconciliation” of the military in Argentina.
As he hinted during last year’s presidential campaign, Javier Milei has reopened the debate about Argentina’s brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship and the role of the Armed Forces.
He has done so by questioning the estimates from human rights groups as to the number of disappeared and proposing that the military assist internal security operations in the country.
At a remembrance ceremony on Tuesday with Malvinas war veterans, the far-right leader claimed that the Armed Forces had been “harassed and humiliated” by politicians since the return of democracy. He vowed to clean the military’s name.
Controversy
On March 24, the anniversary of the coup that brought the dictatorship to power, Milei’s government disseminated a video questioning the figure of 30,000 disappeared people during the dictatorship, an estimate agreed by several human rights organisations. The real figure is impossible to establish, given how many remain missing from those dark days.
Last month, the President announced his intention to alter legislation to allow the military to intervene in domestic security operations.
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