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Argentinian theatre of the Cold War, from 1976 to 1983
The Dirty War (Spanish: Guerra sucia) was the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina (Spanish: dictadura cívico-militar
Dirty_War
Mexican theater of the Cold War (1964–1987)
The Mexican Dirty War (Spanish: Guerra sucia) was the Mexican theater of the Cold War, an internal conflict from the 1960s to the 1980s between the Mexican
Mexican_Dirty_War
2004 British drama TV film by Daniel Percival
Dirty War is a British television drama film, co-written by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival and directed by Percival that was broadcast on BBC One
Dirty_War_(film)
2013 American film
Dirty Wars is a 2013 American documentary film, which accompanies the book Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill. The film is directed
Dirty_Wars
Topics referred to by the same term
Dirty wars are offensives conducted by regimes against their dissidents, marked by the use of torture and forced disappearance of civilians. Dirty War
Dirty_War_(disambiguation)
English rock band
at Wembley Stadium. The band released a second single, "No Soap (in a Dirty War)" in October. McClure was in the media spotlight for his personal views
Reverend_and_the_Makers
Victims of forced disappearances during Argentina's state terrorism (1970s–1980s)
in 1981 during a trip to São Paulo in exile. Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo Dirty War HIJOS National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons Impunity laws
Disappeared detainees of the Dirty War
Disappeared_detainees_of_the_Dirty_War
1998 American film
Dirty Work is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Bob Saget. The film follows long-time friends Mitch (Norm Macdonald) and Sam (Artie Lange) who start
Dirty_Work_(1998_film)
1967 film
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles
The_Dirty_Dozen
Argentine lawyer and jurist
Prosecutor. His tenure as Federal Prosecutor coincided with the height of the Dirty War, and a large number of Habeas Corpus inquiries were solicited at his office
Julio_César_Strassera
Argentine leftist guerrilla organization (1970–1983)
Generals: The "Dirty War" in Argentina, Paul H. Lewis, Page 125, Praeger (2001) Lewis, Paul H. (2002). Guerrillas and Generals: the Dirty War in Argentina
Montoneros
1976–1983 Argentine military dictatorship
Argentina and the 'dirty war'" The Dirty War in Argentina – George Washington University's National Security Archive page on the Dirty War, featuring numerous
National Reorganization Process
National_Reorganization_Process
1946–1954 French colonial war in Indochina
forbidden by the government to prevent the war from becoming more unpopular at home. It was called the "dirty war" (la sale guerre) by French leftists. In
First_Indochina_War
President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989
the presidency of Arturo Umberto Illia. He opposed both sides of the Dirty War, and several times filed a writ of Habeas corpus, requesting the freedom
Raúl_Alfonsín
to the compound made available for the troops. In Argentina during the Dirty War, the Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA or Higher School
Wartime_sexual_violence
Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025
committed during the years of the dictatorship" in the 1970s, during the Dirty War. Bergoglio regularly celebrated the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual
Pope_Francis
Argentine political movement
dictatorship's "National Reorganization Process" and the subsequent "Dirty War" against everyone deemed subversive, especially leftists, including left-wing
Peronism
President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007
Commentators have criticized him for a lack of legal activism during the Dirty War, an issue he would involve himself in as president. Kirchner ran for mayor
Néstor_Kirchner
President of Argentina (1946–1955, 1973–1974)
September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2015. Cox, David (2008). Dirty Secrets, Dirty War: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1976–1983: The Exile of Editor Robert
Juan_Perón
Type of radiological weapon
A dirty bomb or radiological dispersal device is a radiological weapon that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. The purpose of
Dirty_bomb
1965 pseudo-documentary TV film by Peter Watkins
aftermath which, like The War Game, was produced by the BBC Dirty War, a 2004 film about a terrorist dirty bomb attack which, like The War Game, was produced
The_War_Game
1992–2002 conflict between the Algerian government and Islamist rebels
although fighting continued for several years after. The war has been referred to as "the dirty war'"(la sale guerre), and saw extreme violence and brutality
Algerian_Civil_War
President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976
flights, the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre against student protesters, the Dirty War against leftist dissent in the country (despite Echeverría adopting a
Luis_Echeverría
Vice President of Argentina since 2023
Argentina. She argued that terrorism occurred not only during Argentina's Dirty War under military rule but also between 1973 and 1976 under a democratic
Victoria_Villarruel
Military unit
secrets of 'dirty war'". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2014. Paul H. Lewis, Guerrillas & Generals: The "Dirty War" in Argentina
Argentine_Army
Country in South America
murdered thousands of political critics, activists, and leftists in the Dirty War, a period of state terrorism and civil unrest that lasted until the election
Argentina
1975–77 Argentine victory in the Dirty War
create a Vietnam-style war front in the northwestern province. It was the first large-scale military operation of the Dirty War. After the return of Juan
Operation_Independence
Argentine general and military ruler (1926–2003)
Contras guerrillas during the Nicaraguan civil war. In domestic policy, General Galtieri continued the Dirty War with the 601 Intelligence Battalion death
Leopoldo_Galtieri
Accommodation facility for detainees disappeared during the Dirty War
execute the systematic plan of enforced disappearance of people during the Dirty War. With the fall of the dictatorship and the assumption of the democratic
Clandestine detention center (Argentina)
Clandestine_detention_center_(Argentina)
Mexican general (1942–2012)
him. Acosta was also accused of 143–500 disappearances during Mexico's "Dirty War" in the 1970s. Acosta Chaparro, son of the Mexican Army general Francisco
Mario_Arturo_Acosta_Chaparro
Argentine police chief and murderer
the murder and forced disappearances of political dissidents during the Dirty War. In 1991, he murdered three men in the town of Laguna de Robles. He was
Malevo_Ferreyra
1957–1959 Argentine comic strip
the sequel, El Eternauta: segunda parte, again with Solano López. The Dirty War against guerrilla groups forced Oesterheld to go into hiding, but he completed
The_Eternaut
Argentine Catholic prelate, cardinal (1923–1998)
project of law that would end all investigation of the crimes of the Dirty War, in order to "contribute to national reconciliation". This can be seen
Antonio_Quarracino
Australian journalist (1939–2023)
2019). "The Dirty War on the National Health Service review – fierce and necessary diatribe". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2020. "The Dirty War on the National
John_Pilger
US-backed repression campaign in South America
exacerbated existing political violence and contributed to the country's "Dirty War" that left an estimated 30,000 people dead or disappeared. Others estimate
Operation_Condor
missing persons in 1962. Estimates of disappearance during the Mexican Dirty War (1964–1987) vary, with various reports estimating 517, 797, 1,000, and
Missing_persons_in_Mexico
2009 film by Juan José Campanella
(1974–1976). A U.S. supported military coup in 1976 triggered the so-called "Dirty War", which is foreshadowed in the character of Isidoro Gomez and his protection
The_Secret_in_Their_Eyes
1999–2009 war in the Caucasus region
dare sully the Russian soldier with your dirty hands!" In what is regarded as one of gravest war crimes in the war, Russian federal forces went on a village-sweep
Second_Chechen_War
President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999
was accused of corruption and having links with the guerrillas of the Dirty War. He was detained on 25 March, kept for a week at a local barracks, and
Carlos_Menem
Denial of terrorism by the military in the Dirty War
1983 called the National Reorganization Process, which was part of the Dirty War, has taken different forms over time. They have included denying the existence
Denial of state terrorism in Argentina
Denial_of_state_terrorism_in_Argentina
Queen of the Netherlands since 2013
involvement of Zorreguieta in the Dirty War. Zorreguieta claimed that, as a civilian, he was unaware of the Dirty War while he was a cabinet minister.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
Queen_Máxima_of_the_Netherlands
1971 massacre of student demonstrators in Mexico
paramilitary group, on 10 June 1971 in Mexico City. Occurring during the Mexican Dirty War, the massacre resulted in nearly 120 demonstrators being killed, among
El_Halconazo
Anti-colonial Insurgency in Kenya (1952–1960)
There was lots of suffering on the other side too. This was a dirty war. It became a civil war—though that idea remains extremely unpopular in Kenya today
Mau_Mau_rebellion
German sociologist and freedom fighter (1947–1977)
1977) was a West German sociologist killed in Argentina as part of the Dirty War. Käsemann was born in Gelsenkirchen to Margit Käsemann and German theologian
Elisabeth_Käsemann
Argentine politician (1928–2017)
Videla regime and claimed that, as a civilian, he was unaware of the Dirty War while he was a cabinet minister. Professor Michiel Baud [nl], who on request
Jorge_Zorreguieta
President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981
rule, which occurred during the Dirty War (1974–1983), was among the most infamous in Latin America during the Cold War due to widespread human rights
Jorge_Rafael_Videla
British actor
in ITV1's M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, the HBO/BBC co-production Dirty War, and the three-part BBC drama Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee. In 2005, he
Raza_Jaffrey
British actress
24 Hour Party People (2002), Rose and Maloney (2004), Sex Traffic and Dirty War (2004), Sensitive Skin (2005), Trial & Retribution (2006), Merlin (2012)
Helen_Schlesinger
Forced cesarean on kidnapped pregnant woman
However, the "Children of the Disappeared" (desaparecidos) in the Argentine Dirty War are an example of criminal fetal abduction in state institutions as detailed
Fetal_abduction
Spanish separatist conflict (1959–2011)
1983 until 1987, a period referred to as the Spanish Dirty War. ETA responded to the dirty war by intensifying its attacks. These included the Plaza
Basque_conflict
1969–2007 British military operation in Northern Ireland during the Troubles
Terrorism. University of Queensland Press, 2008. p. 234 Dillon, Martin. The Dirty War. Random House, 1991. p. 94 Northern Ireland: Continued abuses by all sides
Operation_Banner
March 1976 military coup d'état in Argentina
"Kissinger approved Argentinian 'dirty war'". The Guardian. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 19 March 2015. "Transcript: U.S. OK'd 'dirty war'" (PDF). The Miami Herald
1976_Argentine_coup_d'état
French missionary religious sister (1937-1977)
were unconstitutional, and the government re-opened cases of war crimes during the Dirty War. In 2006 Miguel Etcholatz was the first former officer convicted
Alice_Domon
British Army counter-insurgency force
Ireland. Mercier Press, 1990. pp.44-45 Dillon, The Dirty War, pp.55-56 Dillon, Martin. The Dirty War. Random House, 1991. "Daughter recalls bar bomb horror"
Military_Reaction_Force
Robben, Antonius C. G. M. (September 2005). "Anthropology at War?: What Argentina's Dirty War Can Teach Us". Anthropology News. Archived from the original
History_of_Argentina
President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015
Héctor Cámpora as president of Argentina, and the early stages of the Dirty War. She became influenced by Peronism, left-wing politics, and anti-imperialism
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina_Fernández_de_Kirchner
1969–1981 far-left militant organization
The Catholic Church and Argentina's Dirty War (Oxford University Press, 2015) concluded that during the "Dirty War" in Argentina "15,000 people were killed
People's Revolutionary Army (Argentina)
People's_Revolutionary_Army_(Argentina)
Former Provisional IRA prisoner and author
House. 2023: Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War. Merrion Press. "Once
Richard_O'Rawe
2019 film directed by Fernando Meirelles
and confront the junta may have damaged his reputation. Following the "Dirty War", Bergoglio was removed as head of the Argentine Society of Jesus and
The_Two_Popes
Kenyan revolutionary leader
of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire. p. 230. Anderson, David (2005). Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End
Waruhiu_Itote
Argentine human rights organization
kidnapped babies were part of a systematic government plan during the "Dirty War" to pass the children for adoption by military families and allies of
Grandmothers_of_Plaza_de_Mayo
Argentine human rights group for "disappeared" children
demand: "Aparición con Vida" (Proof of life). During the years of the Dirty War (the name used by the military junta in Argentina from 1976 to 1983 as
Mothers_of_Plaza_de_Mayo
Argentine activist (1924–1977)
which looks for the victims of enforced disappearances during Argentina's Dirty War. Villaflor was born into a lower-class family to Florentino Villaflor
Azucena_Villaflor
1960–1996 conflict
Guatemalan security forces were similar to those used by Argentina during the Dirty War. Argentina's involvement with the Guatemalan government fit within the
Guatemalan_Civil_War
President of Argentina from 1982 to 1983
and murder of persons suspected of opposing the government during the Dirty War, and would receive additional convictions and eventually a life sentence
Reynaldo_Bignone
Catholic bishop (1923–1976)
bishop of the Catholic Church in Argentina who was assassinated during the Dirty War for his involvement with social issues. Angelelli commitment to the "Church
Enrique_Angelelli
model of a bureaucratic-authoritarian state. The latter two conducted a Dirty War in the line of state terrorism, in which human rights were systematically
Military_coups_in_Argentina
Form of extrajudicial killing
the junta dictatorship which ruled Argentina and waged the Argentine Dirty War between 1976 and 1983. During the Bougainville conflict, Papua New Guinea
Death_flights
Intelligence service of the Argentine Army
Argentine Army whose structure was set up in the late 1970s, active in the Dirty War and Operation Condor, and disbanded in 2000. Its personnel infiltrated
Batallón_de_Inteligencia_601
Argentine political far-left militant (1940–1978)
Edwin: Dossier secreto: Argentina's Desaparecidos and the myth of the "Dirty War". Westview Press, 1993. ISBN 0-8133-8213-0 Bonasso, Miguel: Recuerdo de
Esther_Norma_Arrostito
President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019
their control, and the trials of military personnel for crimes in the Dirty War (1974–1983) continued. Nevertheless, the organizations continued their
Mauricio_Macri
1975 mass murder in Northern Ireland
Burbridge, Nick (1989). War Without Honour. Hull: Medium. pp. 78–79. ISBN 1-872398-00-6. Dillon, Martin (1990). The Dirty War. London: Hutchinson. p. 211
Miami_Showband_killings
American journalist and author
published in 2015, was titled “An Invasion by Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine.” It was co-authored with James Miller, Pierre Vaux, and Catherine
Michael_Weiss_(journalist)
Spanish judge (born 1955)
disappearance of Spanish citizens during Argentina's 1976–1983 dictatorship's Dirty War. Eventually, Adolfo Scilingo and Miguel Angel Cavallo were prosecuted
Baltasar_Garzón
1968 killing of anti-government protestors by the Mexican Armed Forces in Mexico City
as the Mexican Movement of 1968 and is considered part of the Mexican Dirty War when the U.S.-backed Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) government
Tlatelolco_massacre
2000 film by director David Blaustein
Blaustein is a documentary concerning one particular result of Argentina's "Dirty War" period (1976–1983): the "appropriation" of children by members and friends
Spoils_of_War_(film)
Alleged right-wing Argentine plot against left-wing activists in Central America
appropriate to speak of a dirty war at a continental level than isolated conflicts at a national scale", and that "in this war the distinction between combatants
Operation_Charly
Argentine Navy officer (1947–1982)
in northern Buenos Aires Province, between 1976 and 1977, during the dirty war. One of the main witnesses, former marine NCO Alfredo Molinari had several
Pedro_Giachino
Former Mexican intelligence agency
and commit human rights violations during what is called the Mexican Dirty War. It was dissolved in 1985 following the uncovering of its involvement
Dirección Federal de Seguridad
Dirección_Federal_de_Seguridad
Unlawful secret disappearance
result of its use by military dictatorships in Latin America during the Dirty War. However, it has occurred all over the world. According to the Rome Statute
Enforced_disappearance
Argentine publisher, journalist and author (1923–1999)
confronting and reporting the atrocities of the Argentine military regime's Dirty War during a period of widespread repression in which an estimated 30,000
Jacobo_Timerman
IRA member and British intelligence agent alleged to be Stakeknife (1946–2023)
Scappaticci outside his former home in 2004 as part of the documentary Our Dirty War: The British State and the IRA. In October 2015, the Police Service of
Freddie_Scappaticci
1983–87 Spanish government death squads
Workers' Party (PSOE)-led governments. GAL's activities, known as "the dirty war", primarily targeted ETA members and Basque nationalists, with attacks
GAL_(paramilitary_group)
Argentine naval school and detention site
the Dirty War. The ESMA building has been converted into a memorial museum to show and honor those who were "disappeared" during Argentina's Dirty War. The
Navy_Petty-Officers_School
Northern Irish journalist and author (born 1949)
Troubles, including his bestselling trilogy, The Shankill Butchers, The Dirty War and God and the Gun, about the Northern Ireland conflict. The historian
Martin_Dillon
Armed conflict which ended Spanish rule of New Spain
The Mexican War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia de México, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political
Mexican_War_of_Independence
Victims of kidnapping
Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay Disappeared Detainees of the Dirty War Clandestine detention center (Argentina) Colombian conflict Dictatorship
Detenidos_Desaparecidos
Trade union
000 factory delegates, of a total of 100,000, were arrested. During the Dirty War of the second half of the 1970s at least 2,700, or 30%, of the disappeared
General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)
General_Confederation_of_Labour_(Argentina)
History of Mexico List of wars involving Mexico Mexican Armed Forces Mexican Dirty War Mexican drug war Mexican Indian Wars Mexican Revolution Mexican
Military_history_of_Mexico
This is a list of convicted war criminals found guilty of war crimes under the rules of warfare as defined by the World War II Nuremberg Trials (as well
List of convicted war criminals
List_of_convicted_war_criminals
1987 film directed by Emile Ardolino
Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring
Dirty_Dancing
estimated 600 Spanish citizens who disappeared in Argentina during the "Dirty War", evidence was presented to support the allegation that much of this repression
History of the Ford Motor Company
History_of_the_Ford_Motor_Company
1973 novel by Graham Greene
it one of his favourite works. It is set at the run-up to Argentina's 'Dirty War' in the early 1970s. The story is set in the provincial city of Corrientes
The_Honorary_Consul
2017 film
shows a family living in the aftermath of the Algerian Civil War also known as 'the dirty war'. Set in 24 hours, the movie centers on a couple who happens
The_Blessed_(2017_film)
American investigative journalist
Mercenary Army (2007), which won the George Polk Book Award. His book Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (2013) was adapted into a documentary film
Jeremy_Scahill
2005 film directed by Julia Solomonoff
and provincial governments were banned, and in what became known as the Dirty War between 9,000 and 30,000 people deemed left-wing "subversives" disappeared
Sisters_(2005_film)
Argentine naval officer and convicted criminal against humanity
out of government aircraft during Leopoldo Galtieri's military junta's Dirty War against leftist insurgents between 1976 and 1983. Scilingo, who retired
Adolfo_Scilingo
1994 uprising in Mexico by the Zapatistas
instances of political mobilization and social organization as part of the Dirty War. Despite the threat of government persecution, various campesino organizations
Zapatista_uprising
Argentine writer and physicist (1911–2011)
investigated the fate of those who suffered forced disappearance during the Dirty War of the 1970s. The result of these findings was published in 1984, bearing
Ernesto_Sabato
Explosive material
(January 2002). The IRA. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-312-29416-8. Dillon, Martin (1990). The Dirty War. Arrow Books. p. 216. ISBN 0-09-984520-2.
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