Terrorism in Argentina

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Terrorism in Argentina has occurred since at least the 1970s, especially during the Argentine Dirty War, where a number of terror acts occurred, with support of both the democratic government of Juan Perón, Isabel Perón and the following de facto government of the National Reorganization Process. In the 1990s, two major terrorist attacks occurred in Buenos Aires, which together caused 115 deaths and left at least 555 injured.[1]

Political terrorism from organizations such as Montoneros and ERP and state sponsored terrorism occurred in the 1970s by radical groups backed by the Argentine democratic government and, later, by the military government.[2] The government also warned the press to minimise reporting of terrorism.[3]

  1. ^ Muro, Marcelo, Roberto Cohen, Daniel Maffei, Marcelo Ballesteros, and Luis Espinosa. "Terrorism in Argentina." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 18, no. 02 (2003): 53–56.
  2. ^ Marchak, Patricia, and William Marchak. God's assassins: state terrorism in Argentina in the 1970s. McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 1999.
  3. ^ Knudson, Jerry W. "Veil of Silence: The Argentine Press and the Dirty War, 1976–1983." Latin American Perspectives (1997): 93–112.