page_title: United States involvement in regime change in Latin America
section_title: Argentina
hierarchical_section_title: United States involvement in regime change in Latin America / History / Argentina
caption_attribution_description: English: President Videla of Argentina and Jimmy Carter at White House.
context_page_description: Involvement of the United States in regime change in Latin America most commonly involved US-backed Coups d' etat aimed at replacing left-wing leaders with right-wing, usually military and authoritarian regimes. It was most prevalent during the Cold War in line with the Truman Doctrine of containment, although some instances occurred during the early 20th century "Banana Republic" era of Latin America history to promote American business interests in the region.
context_section_description: In Argentina, military forces overthrew the democratically elected President Isabel Perón in the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, starting the military dictatorship of General Jorge Rafael Videla, known as the National Reorganization Process, resulting in around 30,000 forced disappearances. Both the coup and the following authoritarian regime was eagerly endorsed and supported by the United States government with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger paying several official visits to Argentina during the dictatorship. Among the many human rights violations committed during the period were extrajudicial arrests, mass executions, torture, rape, disappearances of political prisoners and dissenters, and illegal relocations of children born from pregnant women (both pregnant before their imprisonment or made pregnant by the continuous rape). According to Spanish judge Baltazar Garzón, Kissinger was a witness to these crimes.
caption: Jorge Rafael Videla meeting Jimmy Carter in 1977
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