Abstract

RAICES, Eduardo. Pacification or Retaliation?. Human Rights, Opposition, and Dictatorship in the Peronist Magazine Línea (1980-1983). Secuencia [online]. 2020, n.108, e1733.  Epub Oct 23, 2020. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i108.1733.

The article addresses the handling of human rights in the peronist opposition magazine Línea, which emerged during the last Argentine dictatorship, by analyzing the issues published during this period. This approach has not previously been explored in the academic literature. To this end, we examine articles, editorials, graphic humor, and an interview with the then recent Nobel Peace prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. The conclusions underline the influence in his definitions of the support of the legitimacy of the justicialist constitutional government overthrown in 1976, including its repressive facet and, at the same time, of the criticism of dictatorial economic and social policies that had strongly affected the social bases of peronism. They also explore the fact that Línea addressed forced disappearances amid the discussion about the “guilt” and “innocence” of the victims and the suspicions towards a human rights movement with international links within the cold war framework.

Keywords : Argentina; graphic press; peronism; military dictatorship (1976-1983); human rights.

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