Argentina releases video on 50th anniversary of coup

Argentina's government released a video for the 50th anniversary of the 1976 coup, repeating its official stance of equating state and guerrilla violence. The video features testimonies from victims of that era.

Buenos Aires, March 24 (NA) – The government released a video this Tuesday commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état on March 24, 1976. Titled "Full Day of Memory for Truth and Justice," the video reiterates the official stance of equating state violence with that of guerrilla organizations in the '70s. The video, for which a teaser was posted on social media last night, features the testimonies of a "recovered granddaughter" who was appropriated by a military officer convicted of crimes against humanity, and the son of an army colonel who was kidnapped and assassinated by the People's Revolutionary Army in 1974. Story developing...

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