During Argentina’s dictatorship in the late 1970s and early 1980s, state terror led to the killing and disappearance of roughly 30,000 people. In recent decades, there have been efforts to remember the victims of these crimes, and more than a thousand people have been convicted for their roles. But the government of Argentina’s new libertarian President Javier Milei is now closing these investigations. Michael Fox reports from Cordoba, Argentina.
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