A man looks at pictures at the Naval Mechanics School (known as the ESMA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 17, 2009. The ESMA was the government's principal clandestine detention center, where thousands of suspected leftists were tortured and killed during Argentina's last military dictatorship. REUTERS/MARCOS BRINDICCI
New York Times: Obama to Unseal Files on Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’
WASHINGTON — President Obama is moving to declassify American military, intelligence and law enforcement records that could reveal what the United States government knew about Argentina’s brutal “dirty war” of the 1970s and ’80s, a senior adviser said on Thursday, hoping to pierce the shroud of secrecy that has surrounded a painful chapter in that country’s history.
Susan E. Rice, Mr. Obama’s national security adviser, said that the president would use a visit to Argentina on Wednesday and Thursday, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the 1976 coup that began the war, to honor the victims and formally begin the declassification process.
“On this anniversary and beyond, we’re determined to do our part as Argentina continues to heal and move forward as one nation,” Ms. Rice said during a speech at the Atlantic Council in Washington.
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