Reynaldo Bignone, the last president of Argentina’s 1976-1983 “Dirty War” military junta, died Wednesday in a military hospital, local media reported. He was 90. Bignone took power in 1982 after ...

Luciano Benjamin Menendez, a general of Argentina’s “Dirty War” dictatorship era so brutal he was sentenced to prison 14 times, died on Tuesday, the official Telam news agency reported. He was 90.

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Henry Kissinger gave Argentina’s military junta the green light to suppress political opposition at the start of the ”dirty war” in 1976, telling the country’s foreign minister: ”If there are things ...

Reynaldo Bignone, the last president of Argentinas 1976-1983 "Dirty War" military junta, died Wednesday in a military hospital, local media reported. He was 90. Bignone took power in 1982 after ...