Argentina's Dirty War: Argentina's Dirty War

La Guerra Sucia - Argentina's Dirty War (1976-1983)

Research your topic in the Library.   Your group will create a Google Presentation and present on Monday. One of you will create the presentation and sharing it with the group.  The one who creates the presentation will share it with Classroom.

• What was the process in which the babies were stolen?  
• Who stole these babies? Why?
• What happened to the parents of these babies?
• How were the babies found?
• Who is Francisco Madariaga? – What is his story?
• Recently found stolen babies - what are their stories?
• To this date, how many cases have been resolved?

New Yorker Article on Stolen Babies
Gale Virtual Reference Library: World of Forensic Science
Gale Online: Independent
Gale World Issues in Context: Globe & Mail
BBC Story about Franicisco Madariaga
Guardian Story about Jorgelina Molina Planas

• What was his political position?
• When was he in power?
• What was in role in the Dirty War?
• Explain his life after the war ended. What happened to him?

Biography in Context: Encyclopedia of World Biography
ABC-CLIO: World History: The Modern Era
Biography in Context: New York Times Obituary

• Who was he?
• What were his different military and political positions? When did he hold each of them?
• What was the public’s opinion of him?
• What was his relationship with Eva Perón?
• What did he do for the country of Argentina?

Biography in Context: Dictionary of Hispanic Biography
ABC-CLIO: World History: The Modern Era
Biography in Context: New York Times

• Who was she?
• Why was she important to the country of Argentina?
• What was the public's opinion of her?
• What legacies has she left behind?
• What representations of her are currently in the country?
• What happened to her body after she died?

ABC-CLIO: World History: The Modern Era
Biography in Context: Dictionary of Hispanic Biography
Biography in Context: New York Times
Biography in Context: Washington Times

• Who are they?  Why does their group exist?   
• How did this group start?
• What do they do?
• What is the significance of the white scarves?
• Jueves in La plaza de mayo – what happens and when?
• Find specific madres/abuelas that are invoved in this movement- what are their stories?

ABC-CLIO: World History the Modern Era
Global Issues in Context: Canadian Dimension
Global Issues in Context: New Internationalist
Gale Online: National Catholic Reporter

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz5i1G5Nc2o&feature=youtu.be

• How many existed?                                  
• What happened at the camps?
• Was the public aware of their existence? Are they currently aware they existed?
• Who was killed?                           
• Where are the camps located? (include map)
• What is left of them today?
• How did people know there were detention camps at the time?   
• Names of a few detention centers:

            - Escuela de Suboficiales de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA)
            - Automotores Orletti
            - Camp de Mayo

Gale Online: New York Times (Buenos Aires)
Gale Online: Herald (Automotores Orletti)
Gale Online: New Zealand Herald (Automotores Orletti)
World Issues in Context : Interpress Service (ESMA)
Gale Online: Newsweek (ESMA)
Official Website for the Remembrance and Human Rights Centre

 

• What are they?             
• Who visits them?
• Parque de la Memoria (has a website)
• What similar memorials/landmarks do we have in the U.S.? 
• Investigate the detention center Olimpo and see what they have that memorializes who was held there.

Memory in Latin America Blogspot
Official site Parque de la Memoria

• Operation CONDOR
• Henry Kissinger                  
• U.S. and Russia Conflict (capitalist vs. communism)
• Escuela de las americas
         -Where was this?
         -What did they do there?    
• Why would it benefit us as a country?
• What is your opinion on our involvement? 

ABC-CLIO: Operation Condor

Gale Online: Washington Times
Gale Online: Operation Condor
World History in Context: Operation Condor
Gale Online: Kissinger and Argentina's Dirty War
Gale Online: Kissinger Had a Hand in Argentina's Dirty War
Escuela de las Americas