Argentina: 1) Current role of the armed forces. 2) Current situation of armed forces' collaborators during 1980-83. 3) Possibility of a Coup d'Etat by the armed forces
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ARG3710 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Argentina: 1) Current role of the armed forces. 2) Current situation of armed forces' collaborators during 1980-83. 3) Possibility of a Coup d'Etat by the armed forces, 1 January 1990, ARG3710, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acfb93.html [accessed 6 June 2023] |
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1) The Encyclopedia of the Third World indicates that "The defense structure is headed by the President, assisted by the chiefs of all three services of the armed forces [...] Day-to-day operations are the responsibility of the Joint General Staff (Estado Mayor Conjunto)." [George Thomas Kurian, Encyclopedia of the Third World, (Facts On File, Inc. New York: 1987) p.105.] According to Military Technology, "The President is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and exercises his command through the Minister of Defense." [Military Technology, No. 13/86, December 1986, p. 83. ]
2) No information regarding specifically to armed forces' collaborators was found in the sources currently available to the IRBDC.
3) The Documentation Centre can not comment on future political developments in the country.
However, on the current relationship between President Carlos Menem and the military, please find attached a copy of the article "Former Mutineers Challenge Menem" (Latin American Weekly Report, 25 January 1990, pp 6-7.)
