National Reorganization Process

Argentine Republic
República Argentina
1976–1983
Anthem: Himno Nacional Argentino
Map of Argentina showing undisputed territory in dark green, and territorial claims in light green.
Map of Argentina showing undisputed territory in dark green, and territorial claims in light green.
CapitalBuenos Aires
Common languagesSpanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentFederal presidential republic under a military dictatorship
President of Argentina 
• 1976–81
Jorge Rafael Videla
• 1981
Roberto Eduardo Viola
• 1981–82
Leopoldo Galtieri
• 1982–83
Reynaldo Bignone
Historical eraCold War
24 March 1976
2 April – 14 June 1982
30 October 1983
Population
• 1975
25,865,776
• 1980
27,949,480
HDI (1980)0.665[1]
medium
CurrencyArgentine peso (1975–90)
ISO 3166 codeAR
Preceded by
Succeeded by
1976 Argentine coup d'état
1983 Argentine general election
The "first military junta" – Admiral Emilio Massera, Lieutenant General Jorge Videla and Brigadier General Orlando Agosti (from left to right) – observing the Independence Day military parade on Avenida del Libertador, 9 July 1978.

The National Reorganization Process (Spanish: Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, often simply el Proceso, "the Process") was the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, which received support from the United States until 1982. In Argentina it is often known simply as the última junta militar ("last military junta"), última dictadura militar ("last military dictatorship") or última dictadura cívico-militar ("last civil–military dictatorship"), because there have been several in the country's history[2] and no others since it ended.

The Argentine Armed Forces seized political power during the March 1976 coup against the presidency of neutralist (non-Communist or non-Democratic) Isabel Perón, the successor and widow of former President Juan Perón, at a time of growing economic and political instability. Congress and democracy were suspended, political parties were banned, civil rights were limited, and free market and deregulation policies were introduced. The President of Argentina and his ministers were appointed from military personnel while Peronists and leftists were persecuted. The junta launched the Dirty War, a campaign of state terrorism against opponents involving torture, extrajudicial murder and systematic forced disappearances, with most victims being civilians. Public opposition due to civil rights abuses and inability to solve the worsening economic crisis in Argentina caused the junta to invade the Falkland Islands in April 1982. After starting and then losing the Falklands War against the United Kingdom in June, the junta began to collapse and finally relinquished power in 1983 with the election of President Raúl Alfonsín.

Members of the National Reorganization Process were prosecuted in the Trial of the Juntas in 1985, receiving sentences ranging from life imprisonment to court-martials for mishandling the Falklands War. They were pardoned by President Carlos Menem in 1989 but were re-arrested on new charges in the early 2000s. Almost all of the surviving junta members are currently serving sentences for crimes against humanity and genocide. Scholars generally characterize the regime as characteristic of neo-fascism.[3][4][5][6]

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  3. ^ Rizki, Cole (1 October 2020). "No State Apparatus Goes to Bed Genocidal Then Wakes Up Democratic". Radical History Review. 2020 (138): 82–107. doi:10.1215/01636545-8359271. ISSN 0163-6545. S2CID 224990803. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022. On March 24, 1976, the Argentine military staged a coup d'état and established a fascist dictatorship that perpetrated genocide for seven years.
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  5. ^ Gutmann, Matthew C.; Lesser, Jeff (2016). Global Latin America: into the twenty-first century. Oakland, California. ISBN 978-0-520-96594-2. OCLC 943710572. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2022. It was a sacrifice of some questionable lives to preserve the Proceso, the National Process of Reorganization to make Argentina conform to a right-wing fascist version of Catholicism.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Finchelstein, Federico (2014). The ideological origins of the dirty war: fascism, populism, and dictatorship in twentieth century Argentina. Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-993024-1. OCLC 863194632. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2022. The Last Military dictatorship in Argentina (1976–1983) was many things. Outside its concentration camps it presented the facade of a typical authoritarian state. Within them, however, it was fascist.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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