Consent of the Damned: Ordinary Argentinians in the Dirty War

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Index Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, 113, 130, 146 ADL. See Anti-Defamation League Advertising, military rule and media, 11 Agosti, Orlando Ramón, 106, 107, 123 Aja Espil, Jorge, 73–74 Alberti, Frank, 88 Alcoholism, 50 Alfonsín, Raúl, 4, 7, 8, 16, 94, 95, 153 Alfonsín government, 93–124; as antithesis of military rule, 98; Canada and, 132–34, 135; commitment to human rights, 94, 100; cultural accomplishments , 108; dictatorship-era cases lingering, 132, 146; final stages of, 146, 156; human rights bureaucracy, 105–6, 107; human rights data, 103–5, 106, 112, 115, 116, 117, 137, 146; international economic issues, 99–100; international objectives, 108; land distribution projects, 109–10; prison reform, 101–2; protests against, 127, 129, 154; South Africa, 99, 139–40, 157 Al-Haidari, Dara Rauf Esad, 140–41 Alianza Argentina Anticomunista, 36 Altamiranda, Rosita, 136 American Convention on Human Rights, 96 American Friends of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, 89 Americas Watch, 88, 130 Amnesty International, 3, 5, 38–39, 40, 42, 44, 57, 60, 118, 126 Anaya, Jorge I., 106 Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 73–75 208 · Index Anti-Semitism, 40, 70–74, 76–79, 85, 86, 168n29 Aoad, Gladis, 120 Arab Argentines, 140 Argentina: foreign relations, 7; as haven for refugees after 1983, 96; indigenous people, 33, 49–56, 59, 109–11, 170–71n60; living conditions in, 108; Malvinas War, 10–11, 133, 134; military culture after 1983, 94; nuclear program, 69, 133, 135–36, 152; penal system, 46; Peronismo and deterioration of democratic rule, 35, 37; Process of National Reorganization, 34, 42; provincial governments, 55; race in, 155; religious freedom, 138; social class in, 155; state of siege in, 41, 45; Vietnamese refugees in, 56, 59, 171n62 Argentine Constitution: Article 14, 34, 44, 58; Article 15, 58; Article 16, 58, 137–38; Article 17, 58; Article 18, 42, 58; Article 23, 41, 43, 45; Article 67, 41; Article 86, 41; human rights and, 33–34; pseudolegal validation for coup, 31, 41 Argentine law: Alfonsín administration , 96, 102; Decree 23.040, 106; Due Obedience law (1987), 125–31, 146; Executive Decree 3090 (1980), 103; Executive Order 464 (1985), 96; Final Point law (1986), 125, 126, 127, 131, 146; Law 14.467 (1979), 46; Law 14.932 (1959), 52; Law 17.677 (1968), 34; Law 17.693 (1978), 52; Law 17.722 (1968), 52; Law 18.232 (1969), 90; Law 21.338 (1976), 34; Law 21.388 (1976), 150; Law 21.449, 43; Law 21.650 (1977), 43; Law 21.745 (1979), 139; Law 22.068 (1979), 47–48; Law 22.546 (1981), 111; Law 23.040, 121; Law 23.042 (1984), 102, 121; Law 23.054, 96; Law 23.068 (1984), 122; Law 23.070 (1984), 102, 121; Law 23.077, 121; Law 23.097 (1984), 103; Law 23.114 (1984), 122; Law 23.179, 96; Law 23.221, 96, 139; Law 23.302 (1985), 109–11; Law 23.313, 96; Law 23.338, 96; Law 23.409 (1984), 103; Law 23.700 (1984), 102; Law 23.807, 119; National Pacification law (1982), 106; sentence commutation law, 102 Argentine military: post-1976 rise to power, 10, 31, 33, 36; pre-1976 history, 9, 34–37. See also Military dictatorship (1976–1983) Argentine Pedagogical Congress, 122 Assassination, 32, 39, 65 Astiz, Alfredo, 128 Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 133 Atomic security, 69 Atrocities, citizens’ knowledge of, 32 Balbín, Ricardo, 2, 18 Balza, Martín, 154 Barnet, Richard J., 88 Barros, Osvaldo, 132 Belgium, 39–40 Beltramino, Juan Carlos, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 76 Billiken (magazine), 13 Bingham, Walter, 18 “Boat people,” 56, 59 Bonaerense, 5 Borg, Björn, 21 Borges, Jorge Luis, 2 Born, Jorge, 131 Borrás, Antonio, 150 Boxing, dictatorship and, 17, 164 Brecher, Blanca, 71 Brodsky, Marcelo, 152 Buckley, William F., 86 Buenos Aires, 16, 55 Bullrich, Silvina, 20 Bussi, Jorge, 156 Cabezas, José Luis, 156 Calvo, Martín, 23 Camilión, Oscar, 88 Index · 209 Cámpora, Héctor, 35, 37, 67 Canada, Alfonsín government and, 132–36 Capital punishment, 150, 151 Caputo, Dante, 97–99 Carballo, Rodolfo, 132 Carter administration (U.S.), 75, 81, 118 Casán, Moria, 15 Caseros prison, 46 Castro, Raúl, 70 Catholic missionaries, 52, 54 Censorship, 44 Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CEL), 60, 104 CEPARE. See Comité de Elegibilidad para Refugiados Cevasco, Gabriel Matías, 113 Chacón, Argentina, 150 Chaco...