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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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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Argentina's "Dirty War"- 1976-83. Sep 05, 2026
Article thoroughly revised. May 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Dirty War Crimes (PDF). Apr 03, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Dirty War Index: Statistical Issues, Feasibility, and Interpretation. Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - The Broken Years. The Case of the So-Called “Dirty War” in Mexico (PDF). Jan 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training - Argentina�s Dirty War and the Transition to Democracy. Oct 04, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Puget Sound - Sound Ideas - Argentina�s Dirty War: Memory, Repression and Long-Term Consequences. Jul 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Yale University Press - Life during Argentina's Dirty War. May 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Argentina's "Dirty War"- 1976-83. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Boot Camp and Military Fitness Institute - What was the Dirty War (1974-1983)? Feb 03, 2024
Add new Web site: CIA - Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83). Nov 24, 2023
Add new Web site: BBC News - Argentina Dirty War: Torture and baby theft trial under way. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Brown University Library - Center for Digital Scholarship - Modern Latin America - Understanding Argentina�s Dirty War Through Memoir. Aug 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs - The "Dirty War" and the History of Democracy in Argentina. Feb 15, 2023
Noted the transfer from the United States to Argentina of declassified intelligence documents related to the Dirty War. May 11, 2020
Corrected display issue. Jan 17, 2018
In 2012 Jorge Rafaél Videla, Reynaldo Bignone, and seven others were found guilty of the systematic abduction of babies born to political prisoners. Jul 06, 2012
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Argentina Dirty War. Dec 08, 2011
Added mention of leftist guerrillas in Argentina. May 31, 2011
In 2010 Reynaldo Bignone was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Apr 21, 2010
New article added. Nov 12, 2009
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