Abstract

ROSTICA, Julieta Carla. The Latin American Anticommunist Federation. Civil and Military Connections between Guatemala and Argentina (1972-1980). Desafíos [online]. 2018, vol.30, n.1, pp.309-347. ISSN 0124-4035.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.5227.

The exercise of political repression in urban areas in Argentina and Guatemala from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, specifically the forced disappearance of people, has several similarities. My argument is that these similarities are explained by the Argentinean collaboration in the countersubversive struggle in Guatemala, in particular with state entities that produced forced disappearance, such as civilian and military intelligence. The transfer of resources, knowledge and experiences from Argentina to Guatemala was carried out not only through diplomatic and official channels, but also through civil and military, secret, informal and clandestine connections, such as the right-wing transnational network called Confederación Anticomunista Latinoamericana (GAL). I illustrate one of the conditions for making this resource transfer possible: the participation of the extreme right in Guatemala within the GAL and its connections with Argentina. In doing so I use declassified documents from the Historical Archive of the Argentinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Center for Documentation and the Archive for the Defense of Human Rights of Paraguay.

Keywords : Historical sociology; dictatorship; human rights violations; conservatism; Guatemala; Argentina.

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