Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... from the Argentine defeat in the Malvinas/Falklands War in June 1982 until the inauguration of Raul Alfonsin in December 1983. The specific charges against Bignone include the torture of 56 people, as well as the use of illegal searches. Bignone is one of the last "presidents" of the "Dirty War" to face charges, and is currently under house arrest. While I don't...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
He was the last of Argentina's four military presidents, serving from 1982-83, and handed power over to democratically elected leader Raul Alfonsin when the dictatorship collapsed in 1983.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... of political opponents before agreeing to transfer power to the democratically elected Raul Alfonsin. Argentina's courts and congress eventually overturned the amnesty, and President Cristina Fernandez has made a priority of prosecuting leaders of the dictatorship. Bignone was charged in 2003 but is only now being tried in open court.The trial is being held in a small indoor stadium...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
As president from 1982 to 1983, it fell to Bignone to protect the military as Argentina returned to democracy. He granted amnesty to human rights violators and ordered the destruction of documents related to torture and disappearances of political opponents before agreeing to transfer power to the democratically elected Raul Alfonsin.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... of political opponents before agreeing to transfer power to the democratically elected Raul Alfonsin.Argentina's courts and congress eventually overturned the amnesty, and President Cristina Fernandez has made a priority of prosecuting leaders of the dictatorship. Bignone was charged in 2003 but is only now being tried in open court.The trial is being held in a small indoor stadium...
