Jorge Rafael Videla
During the period of Argentine military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, Piazzolla lived in Italy, but returned many times to Argentina, recorded there, and on at least one occasion had lunch with the dictator Jorge Rafael Videla. However, his relationship with the dictator might have been less than friendly, as recounted in "Astor Piazzolla, A manera de memorias" (a comprehensive collection of interviews, constituting a memoir):