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Tue 02 / 13 / 2024
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Limited capacity: Registration Closed

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Following on last month’s discussion, the February History Discussion Group will examine key moments in the second half of 20th century Argentinian history, a period of frequent turmoil, with multiple military coups and political clashes between Right and Left factions.

Our discussion will cover the rise (and fall) of Juan Perón; the Dirty War, a campaign waged from 1976 to 1983 by Argentina’s military dictatorship against suspected left-wing political opponents, during which time an estimated 10,000-30,000 citizens were “disappeared” and killed; the Falkland Islands War; and a brief look at the election of Argentina’s latest president, libertarian Javier Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist.”

The History Discussion Group will meet on Tuesday, February 13^th at 4:30 pm via Zoom. All are welcome to attend. Supplemental materials are below.

Argentina Profile: A Timeline (stops in 2019)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18712378

Juan Domingo Perón

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Juan_Peron

What is Perónism?

https://library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-9-argentina/primary-documents-w-accompanying-discussion-questions/what-is-peronism-by-juan-domingo-peron-1948-the-twenty-truths-of-the-peronist-justicialism-juan-domingo-peron-1950/

A Perfect Labyrinth? The Last Half Century in Argentina

https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/a-perfect-labyrinth-the-last-half-century-in-argentina/

Argentina: The Journey From Military Intervention to Subordination

https://oxfordre.com/politics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1793?rskey=e75AYS&result=13

The Falklands War: Why Did it Happen?