Argentina: Groups or political parties who have faced or are currently facing persecution
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1989 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ARG1350 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Argentina: Groups or political parties who have faced or are currently facing persecution, 1 June 1989, ARG1350, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab51c.html [accessed 18 May 2023] |
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According to the IRBDC Information Package on Argentina, p.14, repression eased in 1978, after all armed opposition was eliminated. No information on particular groups or parties currently being targeted for repression or attacks is reported among the sources presently available to the IRBDC, except for the group linked with a recent attack to the military base of "La Tablada". According to "Identifying the La Tablada raiders" in Latin American Weekly Report, (20 April 1989, pp. 6-7; copy attached), the attacking group has identified itself through communiques as "Frente Popular de Resistencia" (Popular Resistance Front, FPR), linked to a new party called Movimiento Todos por el Pueblo (All for the People Movement, MTP), described by the report as a front organization.
There was no indication of the continued existence of the Ejercito Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP), one of the major guerrilla groups of the 1970s, until a bomb attack against the home of the intelligence chief of the Second Army Corps at Rosario in 1987. One of the ERP's former leaders has been reported as the possible mastermind of the La Tablada attack.
Another recent publication indicates that leaflets of the Troskyist Movimiento al Socialismo (Movement towards Socialism, MAS) and Partido Obrero (Worker Party, PO) were found at several places where looting had taken place during the past month, and that there were reports of "extremist elements" actively calling on shantytown dwellers to take to the streets.
However, no reports of recent actions taken against the abovementioned groups could be found among the sources presently available to the IRBDC. Given the different periods of military and civilian rule in Argentina, different groups have undergone periods of illegality and reprisals. For additional information on these and other political groups of Argentina, please find attached the following documents:
-Revolutionary and Dissident Movements, (London: Longman Publishing Group, 1988), pp. 13-17;
-Latin American Political Movements, (London: Longman Publishing Group, 1985), pp. 1-13.
For recent reports on dissident groups, please find attached:
- "Identifying the La Tablada raiders", in Latin American Weekly Report (London, Latin American Newsletters), 20 April 1989, pp.6-7;
- "Tense calm after a week of looting", in Latin American Weekly Report, 15 June 1989, p. 2.
