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Business and the Military in the Argentine Dictatorship (1976–1983): Institutional, Economic, and Repressive Relations

In: Big Business and Dictatorships in Latin America

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  • Victoria Basualdo

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This chapter analyzes the relationships between sectors of the business community and the armed forces during the dictatorship that lasted from 1976 to 1983 in Argentina, the most repressive period in the country’s history. First, the chapter highlights the important role of the business-military alliance and its intellectual and institutional dimensions. Second, it underlines the economic and financial relationships between the military and big business, showing that, even in an increasingly complicated macroeconomic situation, several companies and economic groups derived significant benefits from them. Third, it analyzes evidence demonstrating that a sector of the business leadership actively participated in repressive policies, many of which targeted workers and trade-union leaders who disappeared, were killed, imprisoned, or tortured.

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  • Victoria Basualdo, 2021. "Business and the Military in the Argentine Dictatorship (1976–1983): Institutional, Economic, and Repressive Relations," Palgrave Studies in Latin American Heterodox Economics, in: Victoria Basualdo & Hartmut Berghoff & Marcelo Bucheli (ed.), Big Business and Dictatorships in Latin America, chapter 0, pages 35-62, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pslchp:978-3-030-43925-5_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43925-5_2
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