Argentina

2008

Bush's Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up

Gareth Porter : War on Terrorism

The Bush Administration cites a 1994 bombing in Argentina to tar Iran as a sponsor of global terror. But a fresh probe finds no evidence of an Iran connection.

The Martyrdom of Che Guevara

Robert Scheer : Cuba

The CIA's role in his assassination managed to turn a failed--and flawed--guerrilla fighter into an enduring symbol of resistance to oppression.
Argentina: Where Jobless Run Factories

Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis : Labor Organizing & Activism

Almost entirely under the media radar, unemployed workers here are taking over bankrupt businesses and reopening them under democratic management.
Artists Pursue the Disappeared

Marian Schlotterbeck : Fine Art

With greater efficiency than the slow efforts for truth and justice, a traveling art exhibition bears witness to the victims of Argentina's "dirty war."

Let's Dance

Marina Harss : Dance

In Tango: The Art History of Love, Robert Thompson traces the dance's roots in Afro-Argentine history. Tomas Eloy Martínez's The Tango Singer appropriates its music to explore the recent past.
Ford's Past in Argentina

Kelly Hearn : Ford Motor Company

Legal actions are now unfolding against former Ford Motor Company officials for colluding with the military during Argentina's "dirty war."
¡No Más! No More!

Patrick Mulvaney : Foreign Affairs

Uruguay and Argentina are cutting ties with the US Army's School of the Americas, paving the way for other Latin American countries to end a destabilizing force that only perpetuates human rights atrocities.
Looking for Answers in Argentina

Joanne Omang : Human Rights

The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, icons of courageous demands for accountability in Argentina, marked a thirty-year milestone and a significant if imperfect victory in the fight for human rights.

Bitter Memories of a 'Dirty War'

Michael Fox

The current debate in the United States over the use of torture in the interrogation of terror suspects has prompted Patricia Isasa, a teenage torture victim in Argentina's "dirty war," to speak out against the School of the Americas, a longtime training ground for torture techniques.
The Soccer Star and the President

Dave Zirin : Sports

Who is Diego Maradona, and how did a former Argentinian soccer star become the nemesis of an American President?