HE The far-right government in Argentina provides daily examples of its courage. In addition to the desire to reorganize all areas of economic life, it also expresses the desire to eliminate some of the achievements of the recent past. right to abortion and even emit positive signals rewriting the tragic history of this country throw a coat political tolerance about the last one military dictatorship (1976-83).
Rodolfo Barra, the head of the state’s lawyers, expressed his “fundamental hope” that the law legalizing voluntary deductions at the end of 2020 will be repealed this year. According to the Supreme Court under Carlos Menem (1989-99), conditions will be created that will “at some point” repeal this norm, in line with the words of President Javier Milei in Davos, where he spoke of his “bloody agenda”. abortion.” The first step taken in this direction was the Decree Law declaring 2024 as the ‘Year of Defense of Life, Freedom and Property’..
As part of this radical turnMilei assigned the following task: former member of parliament Francisco Sánchez He heads the Worship Secretariat. The biggest innovation of this appointment is Sánchez’s evangelicals pentecostals and made vociferous criticisms of Pope Francis; He said he regretted it days ago so as not to disturb the president’s trip to the Vatican, scheduled for Feb. 12.
Defense of condemned soldiers
But in addition, the new official is an enthusiastic supporter of the campaign. revision About what happened in Argentina almost half a century ago Armed Forces attacked the government. He reiterates that human rights organizations support the “story” of these tragic events, which “contradicts historical facts.” Sánchez came to this position thanks to his very good relations with Vice President Victoria Villarruel, the daughter of a former counterinsurgency officer who fought in the Falklands War against Great Britain and gained visibility for her fiery attitude. to defend between out of uniform those who are condemned crimes against humanity.
“Golden opportunity”
This universe of intimacy extends from Sánchez to Villarruel and back to Villarruel. Javier Olivera Ravasi, pastor of a church in an upscale urbanization north of Buenos Aires. “I have known him for twenty years through his work at the Center for Legal Studies on Terrorism and Its Victims (CELTYV), but I am not his priest,” he said of the vice president. Jorge Antonio Olivera He is under house arrest because he was part of the repression in the seventies.
He studied at the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), an institution affiliated with Lefebvrism, the Catholic movement that opposed the Second Vatican Council. Ravasi demands strongly freedom between out of uniform HE “They fought against Marxist terrorism” They were subjected to sanctions for their responsibilities in kidnappings, torture and disappearances. Nearly 1,200 people have been convicted of these crimes since the repeal of impunity laws. Ravasi believes Milei’s arrival as president was a surprise “golden opportunity” to turn your prayers into action.
petition to the president
The priest does not preach in the desert. Anti-judicial activist Cecilia Pando and former uniformed relatives serving their sentences, including her sisters, wrote in a recent letter to readers of the newspaper ‘La Nación’ Alfredo Astiz, one of the symbols dictatorship, known as ‘Angel of Death’Just from Milei “Victims of judicial terrorism”. In the middle of the election campaign, they asked themselves “why the authorities did not fulfill their promises” and “detained” these men “until the age of 100, subjected to cruel and degrading treatment.”
According to the data received Crimes Against Humanity Prosecutor’s OfficeAccording to information updated before Milei took office, only 18% of people investigated for such crimes are detained and go through the judicial process. Of this total, 77 percent are currently under house arrest. Pando’s claim therefore seems to point to another aspect that emerged in the middle of the election campaign. At the time, he thought that if he became president, he should seek “a solution” for the military, security forces, civilians and police “as a first measure” of capitalist anarchy. “He was detained unlawfully.”.
MileiHe would then have to do so, he said, “because probably the next Argentina will have to take unwelcome measures that will lead to increased social conflict in a country where 45% are poor people.” “Unwelcome measures” It came including a 118% devaluation of the currency and inflation that threatened to reach 50% in the Government’s first two months. Pando predicted a protest that would not be long in coming and could intensify. He said this “perhaps” “requires the involvement of security forces and the Armed Forces to restore order.”. But two months ago he stressed that this could not happen if the ongoing cases and convictions continued. He explained that in the 1970s the military was “carrying out orders from constitutional governments.” But “they all went to jail.” So “who can guarantee that today’s powers will not end up the same way?”
Recommended appointment
Milei has not responded positively to the request so far. But weeks ago, the president made a far-reaching decision by retiring 21 Army generals and appointing them to head the agency. To General Alberto Presti. Like Pastor Olivera Ravasi, his father, former colonel Roque Presti, was also involved in state terrorism as the commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment in La Plata, Buenos Aires. responsible for secret detention centers He was working in the surrounding areas. He died before the trials were reopened. Petri Jr. during a recent ceremony. He asked her to stop “looking back all the time” demonizing military institutions “as has been done for a long time.” He stated that the Armed Forces “were right.”