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General Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine general, politician and dictator who served as the president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981 during the National Reorganization Process.
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politics · President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981 · politician · military officer · also Jorge Rafael Videla, Jorge Videla, Jorge R. Videla, Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo, Videla
Born 2 August 1925 · Died 17 May 2013 · Q75853
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Public attention spiked: 2,779 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 638, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Reorganized lead to follow a more easily followable structure and removed repetition but also included missing details such as when he relinquished powered and
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Public attention spiked: 4,167 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.5× the usual 638, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Personal Interference in the 1978 FIFA World Cup
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Died 2013-05-17.
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“The women giving birth, who I respect as mothers, were militants who were active in the machine of terror... Many used their unborn children as human shields.”
“El terrorismo no es sólo considerado tal por matar con un arma o colocar una bomba, sino también por atacar a través de ideas contrarias a nuestra civilización occidental y cristiana a otras personas.”
“… yesterday’s enemies are in power and from there, they are trying to establish a Marxist regime.”
“We consider it a great crime to work against the Western and Christian style of life: it is not just the bomber but the ideologist who is the danger.”
“I want to clarify that Argentine citizens are not victims of the repression. The repression is against a minority that we do not consider Argentine.”
“Let's say there were 7,000 or 8,000 people who had to die to win the war against subversion... We couldn't execute them by firing squad. Neither could we take them to court... For that reason, so as not to provoke protests inside and outside the country, the decision was reached that these people should be disappeared.”
“[I take] full military responsibility for the actions of the army in the war against terrorism.”
The Argentine Supreme Court ruled that the law had been unconstitutional
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Congress repealed the Ley de Punto Final, which had ended prosecutions for crimes under the dictatorship
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There was a renewed widespread effort in Argentina to show the illegality of Videla's rule
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After he was found guilty of the kidnapping of children
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When a judge found him guilty of the kidnapping of babies during the Dirty War, including the child of the desaparecida Silvia Quintela, and the disappearances of the commanders of the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP),
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Following a pardon from President Carlos Menem
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President Carlos Menem pardoned Videla and many other imprisoned former members of the military regime
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Two years after the return of a representative democratic government, he was prosecuted in the Trial of the Juntas and convicted for large-scale human rights abuses and crimes against humanity during his rule
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The Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina (Tratado de Paz y Amistad), which acknowledged Chilean sovereignty over the islands, was signed and ratified by popular referendum
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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, leader of the Peace and Justice Service, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for reporting many of Argentina's human rights violations to the world at large
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White Decoration (1979).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1979).
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However, Pope John Paul II opened a mediation process
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Career landmark: President of Argentina (1976–1981).
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“Opis: depesza z 1976 do Henry’ego Kissingera.”
Career landmark: commander-in-chief (1975–1978).
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Career landmark: Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces (1975–1975).
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“Opis: do sekretarza stanu Henry’ego Kissingera, 1975.”
Career landmark: Chief of the Army General Staff (1973–1975).
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Was promoted to brigade general and appointed by Alejandro Agustin Lanusse as Director of the National Military College
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Career landmark: director (1971–1973).
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Career landmark: Governor of Tucumán Province (1970–1970).
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Career landmark: executive officer (1968).
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Studied at Army War Academy (1952–1954).
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Studied at Nation Military College (1942–1944).
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Born 1925-08-02.
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