The Dirty War (La Guerra Sucia) 1976-1983
---- 1974 President Juan Peron died. His wife Isabel became the president
---- 1975 Inflation hits 300%
---- 1976 Military Junta headed by General Videla takes power follwing a Military Coup
d’ Etat
---- 1981 General Galtieri takes over as head of military junta
---- 1982 April; Falkland war begins
---- 1982 June; Flakland war ends. General Bignone becomes head of the junta
---- 1983 Argentina returns to democratic rule. First president is Alfosin. Inflation hits
900%
---- 1997 Spanish judge issues arrest warrants for former military leaders on charges of
kidnapping and murdering Spanish citizens during the dirty war.
---- 1998 First arrests are made on charges of illegal adoption of kidnapped children in
the dirty war
---- 2003 New President Nestor Kirchner eliminates impunity and amnesty laws for dirty
war generals.
---- 2005 Supreme Court retracts law that protected former military officers suspected of
human rights violations during the dirty war
---- 2010 Former general Videla sentenced to life in prison for human rights violations
committed during the dirty war.
---- 1975 Inflation hits 300%
---- 1976 Military Junta headed by General Videla takes power follwing a Military Coup
d’ Etat
---- 1981 General Galtieri takes over as head of military junta
---- 1982 April; Falkland war begins
---- 1982 June; Flakland war ends. General Bignone becomes head of the junta
---- 1983 Argentina returns to democratic rule. First president is Alfosin. Inflation hits
900%
---- 1997 Spanish judge issues arrest warrants for former military leaders on charges of
kidnapping and murdering Spanish citizens during the dirty war.
---- 1998 First arrests are made on charges of illegal adoption of kidnapped children in
the dirty war
---- 2003 New President Nestor Kirchner eliminates impunity and amnesty laws for dirty
war generals.
---- 2005 Supreme Court retracts law that protected former military officers suspected of
human rights violations during the dirty war
---- 2010 Former general Videla sentenced to life in prison for human rights violations
committed during the dirty war.