Argentina: Information related to the arrest of Paraguayan dissidents living in Argentina by the Paraguayan military, or indication of agreement between Paraguayan governments or armed forces to allow the forcible return of Paraguayans living in Argentina
Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
Publication Date | 1 January 1991 |
Citation / Document Symbol | ARG7516 |
Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Argentina: Information related to the arrest of Paraguayan dissidents living in Argentina by the Paraguayan military, or indication of agreement between Paraguayan governments or armed forces to allow the forcible return of Paraguayans living in Argentina, 1 January 1991, ARG7516, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acf584.html [accessed 21 October 2022] |
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As per our telephone conversation, the only recent reference found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC on cooperation of Southern Cone armed forces in anti-dissident activities across borders is in the attached section of Nunca M s (New York: Farrar-Straus-Giroux, 1986), pages 254-265. Nunca M s is the summary of an extensive report on abuses committed during the military regime of Argentina of 1976-1983, prepared by a commission appointed by former Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín. Under the section "The Coordination of Repression in Latin America", the commission reports that:
"Agents of foreign repressive regimes operated in our country [Argentina] and arrested Uruguayans, Paraguayans, Bolivians and other nationals" (p. 255).
Stating that "some of these people were legal residents and others were under the protection of the High Commission of the United Nations", the same source adds:
"Although the largest number of foreigners involved were Uruguayans, there were significant numbers of Paraguayan, Bolivian and even Chilean citizens who had been given asylum. They all suffered the consequences of the close association between authoritarian political models imposed on this part of South America." (p. 255)