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Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Mothers of Plaza de Mayo protesting in the rain on a flooded street to demand justice for their “disappeared” children, who were victims of Argentina's Dirty War (1976–83), 1982, Buenos Aires.

Dirty War

Argentina [1976–1983]
Also known as: El Proceso, Guerra Sucia, Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, Process of National Reorganization(Show More)
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Katie Angell
Katie Angell is Associate Editor at Encyclopedia Britannica, covering topics related to Latin America. She holds an MA from Vanderbilt University and is pursuing a PhD in Political Science.
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Dirty War, infamous campaign waged from 1976 to 1983 by Argentina’s military dictatorship against suspected left-wing political opponents. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 30,000 citizens were killed. Many of them were “disappeared”—seized by the authorities and never heard from again. Argentina’s political evolution in the decades preceding the Dirty War was shaped by a series of transformative developments. The election of Juan Perón in 1946 ushered in a period of significant economic and...

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