Adolfo Perez Esquivel

July 1, 1987

Adolfo Perez Esquivel on the New York Times’ Argentina Coverage

Argentine military officers feel they are victims of an ungrateful society, reports Shirley Christian in the New York Times (6/7/87). They feel their role in “putting down leftist subversion during the 1970s” is unappreciated—but not by Christian, who quoted unnamed army officers at length, with no comments from human rights activists or victims of the […]

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