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Dirty War

Obama does the tango with a dancer in Buenos Aires
Global Politics
The presidential tango: Was this really the right time for Obama to visit Argentina?
Jorge Mario Bergoglio (center) now known as Pope Francis visiting a Buenos Aires slum in 1998.
Conflict
Was Pope Francis silent during Argentina’s Dirty War?
Argentine journalist Jacobo Timerman, shown at home June 21,199.
Justice
His father was a human rights icon. He’s in the middle of a scandal with a dead prosecutor.
Aurora Zucco de Bellocchio, a member of human rights organization Madres de Plaza de Mayo (Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), sits behind a pram with a picture of her daughter Irene Bellocchio and her partner Rolando Pisoni, who both disappeared in 1977, during t
Science
How an American scientist helps grandmothers in Argentina find their ‘stolen’ grandchildren
Estela de Carlotto, president of human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo)
Justice
A grandmother in Argentina finds her grandson after nearly 40 years
Estela de Carlotto, president of human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo)
Justice
A grandmother in Argentina finds her grandson after nearly 40 years
Lifestyle & Belief
Argentina’s Dirty War revisited after new pope is elected
Global Politics
Brazil’s government establishes ‘Truth Commission,’ but expectations are low
Global Politics
Pope Francis and Argentina’s Dirty War
Conflict & Justice
Brazil’s Truth Commission Under Fire from Military and Torture Victims
Conflict & Justice
Uncovering the Crimes of Argentina’s Junta
Global Politics
Former Argentine Junta Leaders Guilty of Baby Theft