French President Francois Hollande ordered the declassification of Argentina dictatorship files Wednesday in relation to the disappearance of two French nuns, who are believed to have been "disappeared" in 1977 by the regime of President Jorge Rafael Videla.
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The delivery will feature declassified documents from the years of 1976 to 1981, according to the Secretary of Human Rights of the Argentine Government, Claudio Avruj.
"The more information we have, the better for our strengthening of democracy and justice," said Avruj.
Avruj says that when President Hollande visited the country in February, President Mauricio Macri and other organizations requested the French government declassify its own documents on the dictatorship.
According to Avruj, the government will review the documents with human rights organizations "to take a clear and important position." As part of the struggle for historical truth and reparations, Argentine human rights organizations have for years demanded the release of the archives.
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In August, the U.S. government declassified over 1,000 pages of documents on its role in Argentina’s dictatorship. The files include descriptions of torture, rape, assassinations and forced disappearances carried out by the military regime under General Jorge Rafael Videla, who came to power after the 1976 coup against left-wing President Isabel Peron.
Argentina’s "anti-terrorism" policies during that time resulted in a brutal crackdown on political dissidents and formed part of the regional U.S.-backed Operation Condor, an operation to extinguish left-wing forces and centralize power for South America's right-wing dictatorships. In Argentina, up to 30,000 people were forcibly disappeared during this period.