The Awful Story of South America's Most Evil Dictator

This is the story of state terror in Argentina in the ‘70s and ‘80s: what is traditionally called the “Dirty War.” It’s the story of how a military regime, led mainly by a dictator named Jorge Videla, tortured and killed tens of thousands of people while implementing neoliberal economic “reforms.” But it’s also the story of how they were helped along in that process by people like Henry Kissinger and Elliot Abrams – and how those accomplices were never punished. Pablo Pryluka, PhD student in Latin American history at Princeton University, explains. Citations: shorturl.at/fwBY6 These videos are 100 percent funded by small donations from people like you. And we really need your help. So if you can, join us on Patreon:   / gravelinstitute   Or, if you prefer, give a one-time donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gi-... And if you want, get some Institute merch: https://merch.gravelinstitute.org/ 0:00 Argentina's coup 2:25 State terror 6:11 Economic "reform" 7:52 American support 10:52 The regime falls 13:15 Credits