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An era of political and economic
upheaval came to be defined by
images of military persecution in
Latin America, refugees in Asia and
dissent in Europe. Richard Overy
reviews a turbulent year
1982
Oppression and
opposition, coups
and crashes
A YEAR
IN PICTURES
Disappearing in full view
A woman desperately tries to prevent the
arrest of a man by the Argentine army in
March 1982. The military junta, by then
led by General Leopoldo Galtieri, had
embarked in 1976 on a so-ca lled ‘dirt y
war’ against left-wing and liberal critics
of the regime, aided by the vicious
Argentine Anticommunist Alliance who
kidnapped, tortured and murdered
thousands of dissenters. An estimated
30,000 people were killed or forcibly
‘disappeared’ during the seven years of
military rule, and thousands more were
incarcerated in the 340 concentration
camps set up to hold the detainees.GE
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