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Jorge Rafael Videla (2 August 1925 β 17 May 2013) was the military leader of Argentina from 1976 to 1981.
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β[I take] full military responsibility for the actions of the army in the war against terrorism.β
ββ¦ yesterdayβs enemies are in power and from there, they are trying to establish a Marxist regime.β
βI want to clarify that Argentine citizens are not victims of the repression. The repression is against a minority that we do not consider Argentine.β
βWe consider it a great crime to work against the Western and Christian style of life: it is not just the bomber but the ideologist who is the danger.β
βLet's say there were 7,000 or 8,000 people who had to die to win the war against subversion... We couldn't execute them by firing squad. Neither could we take them to court... For that reason, so as not to provoke protests inside and outside the country, the decision was reached that these people should be disappeared.β
βThere was no other alternative [to the disappearances]... [Military leaders] were in agreement that it was the price that must be paid to win the war against subversion and we needed that it not be obvious so society would not realize it. It was necessary to eliminate a large group of people who could not be brought to justice nor [openly] shot either.β
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Christopher Hitchens on Jorge Rafael Videla
βI possess a picture of [my] encounter [with Videla] that still makes me want to spew: there stands the killer and torturer and rape-profiteer, as if to illustrate some seminar on the banality of evil. Bony-thin and mediocre in appearance, with a scrubby moustache, he looks for all the world like a cretin impersonating a toothbrush.β
Judge Maria Elba Martinez on Jorge Rafael Videla
βVidela β¦ is a manifestation of state terrorism.β
JosΓ© Miguel Vivanco on Jorge Rafael Videla 2 quotes
βVidela will be remembered as the man who headed the cruelest dictatorship in Argentine history. Fortunately, the Argentine judicial system did its job and held him accountable, allowing victims of his atrocities to have access to justice.β
About Jorge Rafael Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla (2 August 1925 β 17 May 2013) was the military leader of Argentina from 1976 to 1981.