The economic progress of the plan left in ruins for small and medium enterprises. Unemployment grew in abductions, disappearances and illegal detention of persons. The foreign debt of 8000 million dollars came to 14,000 in late 1978. Expensive credit and lack of employment, aggravated the economic situation and operations orders extended the range of potential opponents as armed guerrillas disappeared.
In 1978 Argentina won the World Cup with victory over Holland in the River Plate stadium. Nearby, the arrest and torture in the ESMA, will heard the roar of the crowd excited, to which the three were responsible for his captivity. The same people who, excited by the sports national fervor, brought the country to a near war with Chile to cover with a nationwide outbreak of crime and social crisis.
Four years later, another World Cup, aggravated the economic situation and with 43,000 million dollars of foreign debt, Argentina we found the 2nd of April 1982 had been the military recovery of the Falkland Islands.
The triumvirate decided to "take to negotiate" and his ambition encouraged by the enthusiasm of a people deceived led to "take to combat." Made their decision resting on two assumptions were:
- The U.S. will remain hands off.
- Britain did not react war.
Malvinas After the battle with the annihilation of the Argentine troops (no killing of prisoners) and military junta moved the third, fourth and last ordered an investigation to establish responsibility for the defeat. On December 2, 1982 was created by decision of the Board "Review Commission of the South Atlantic Conflict." Members were: Lt. Gen. (R) Benjamin Rattenbach, Major General (R) Armando Tomás Sánchez de Bustamante, Admiral (R) Alberto Pedro Vago, Vice Admiral (R) Jorge Alberto Boffi, Brigadier General (R) Carlos Alberto Rey, and brigade-major (R) Francisco Cabrera.
On September 16, 1983 the Commission completed its task and handed over to the military junta the 291 pages of the body of the report along with dozens of attachments. REPORT DUE
presents some sections of this Report Rattenbach "of importance to this work.
"874 East (Malvinas) was the only war the nation so far this century"
"274. (...) Ultimately, the decision (to take), which remained dormant, was influenced by particular political issues, such For example, the desirability of producing a significant event that would revitalize the National Reorganization Process
(...)" "783, First, it should be noted that the general state of the country, at the time of taking the decision to take Falkland Islands, was not best suited to deal with international political fact of such nature. "
" 784. Were concurrent causes it, the following: a.
The prevailing socio-economic crisis, with a country prostrated by pressing problems in that order.
(...)" "785. If the external situation is favorable to the national goal of regaining the southern archipelagos, the opportunity for have been successful. But it was not because: a.
National authorities were harshly attacked by the human rights issue, which significantly weakened the external front. "
b. Argentina Republic was sanctioned by the U.S. with embargoes on arms imports, which limited their leeway to properly equip and modernize its military equipment "
(...)
" Conclusion
788. The opportunity to freely set by the military junta to the recovery of the South Atlantic islands, mainly benefited the enemy. "
The human cost of military adventure organized by the Third Military Junta was 641 dead and 1208 more wounded and maimed and hundreds of suicides by veterans.
The "Report Rattenbach" requested the death penalty for the three members of the military junta, to award them the same responsibility as a collegial body.
During 1983 the Board issued its fourth law of "amnesty" and in November of that year had been burned all the documentary material referred to the fight against subversion. Rattenbach The report was never published by the State, although the December 4, 1987 was delivered to the Speaker of the House of Representatives a copy of the original photocopied.
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