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Old 02-24-2010, 01:05 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Mitmo01 View Post
wow apoc,

I wouldn't even begin to know what that mustve been like living under martial law

I bet as a child that was utterly terrifying and now it must be a surreal picture for you

and seeing Evita Peron in her casket, interesting to say the least

Im curious if you knew anyone that just dissapeared? or if your parents did under Pinochet? That would be horrible...
I am kind of a politics, history nerd, so I actually thought some of it was interesting and cool if that makes sense? Yes, my childhood was completely surreal, and I have a difficult time actually understanding it all was real. My parents were horrified, but not enough to just leave.

Pinochet was actually in Chile, but yes the reason we had guards with Uzis at school was because of threats against children of diplomats who went there. There were people who were kidnapped, but the actual "desaparecidos" time was actually a bit later on, after we left Argentina on September 25, 1976 after my mother died unexpectedly. Military juntas were in charge after Estelita (Peron's second wife) was removed from power by the military in early 1976.

There are many people we knew whom we have been unable to reach since things stabilized.
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