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Genocide Watch exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms of mass murder. Our purpose is to build an international movement to prevent and stop genocide.
Argentina
Targeted Groups | Perpetrators | Alert Status | Genocide Stage(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Watch | Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 10: Denial |
Country Overview
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The government of Argentina denies any wrongdoing in the 19th Century "Conquest of the Desert" and Selk'nam Genocide. Additionally, Mapuche tribes still face legal and cultural discrimination. Many government officials still deny or dispute the "Dirty War," where an estimated 30,000 leftists were "disappeared."
Page last updated:
8/16/21
Resources
Argentine Filmmaker Remembers his Country's Disappeared
Argentina - World Without Genocide
Argentinian Founding Father Recast as Genocidal Murderer
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