Latin America: Military Dictatorships Flashcards
1
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Military dictatorship uruguay
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1973 after guerrilla warfare against Tupameros
2
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Economic facts in Argentina pre-dictaorship
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-Inflation had soared to 183% by 1975 and rose by 30%
3
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Economic facts in Chile pre-dictaorship
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By end of 1973 inflation was 180.3% per year
4
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Truth commissions and dates
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- CONADEP 1983 Argentina
- Rettig Commission in Chile in 1990
- CEH in 1999 in Guatemala
5
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Scillingo
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1995
6
Q
Carlos Menem decrees helping military junta
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1990 passed decrees even though 90% of population opposed it
7
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Madres de la Plaza de mayo fact
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helped to identify 256 children reported missing
8
Q
Women of Calama docuentary
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Patricio Guzman, Nostalgia for the Light (2011)
9
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Democratisation facts
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- 2001 inter American Democratic Charter
- 1997 international law given primacy over domestic law in Argentina
10
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Demilitarisation factis
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- President Alfonsin reduced the military budget by 40% in Argentina
- By 1994, the military was 50% smaller than it was in 1976 in Argentina
11
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Memory facts
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- Memory Park in Buenos Aires in 1998
- Ixhil Historical Memory Initiative in Guatemala in 2005
- HIJOS created in 1995
12
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Postmemory
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- Marianne Hirsch concept
- Seman’s Soy un bravo piloto de la nueva china (2008)
- Geoffrey Maguire talks about postmemory
