Echoes of an infamous Easter: the carapintada mutiny

[Judi Lynn]

Thursday, April 13, 2017



Thirty years ago, as Easter Week arrived, Argentina’s fledgling democracy faced its first military challenge. For once, people took to the streets to support a government yet the four-day crisis left many fearful. The consequence of the carapintada uprising was the Due Obedience Law, a bill that would reshape the country’s human rights landscape forever and allow torturers and abusers to get off scot-free. This is the story of what happened on a fateful — and unforgettable — Semana Santa.

“If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual.” — Sun-Tzu, The Art of War

On the night of Wednesday, April 15, 1987, president Raúl Alfonsín was in his hometown of Chascomús, unwinding at the beginning of Easter Week (or Semana Santa as it’s known locally). A phone-call put an end to his rest.

“This is more serious than we thought,” Horacio Jaunarena, the minister of Defence, told him ominously.

More:
http://buenosairesherald.com/article/225288/echoes-of-an-infamous-easter-the-carapintada-mutiny

[tenorly]

1. Great find, Judi. To think that today, some of these miscreants are part of the Macri administration

The most notable example is Macri's National Customs Director Juan José Gómez Centurión, whom he was forced to fire in August after proof surfaced that he had solicited bribes from importers to expedite their transactions - but whom Macri quietly rehired just four months later.

Macri had actually intended to name Gómez Centurión as Defense Minister when he took office 16 months ago, until the resulting uproar forced him to reconsider.

Another quiet rehire was that of Carlos Manfroni, the openly fascist writer whom he appointed as Congressional Liaison for the Security Ministry but was forced to fire once his greatest hits became public (https://www.democraticunderground.com/110846152).

He's now in the Justice Ministry as a "corruption abatement adviser." His real job, it's widely believed, is actually to serve as Macri's Steve Bannon - an ideology czar, if you will, that the administration keeps trying to hide by floating him from one innocuous-sounding post to the next.

Manfroni will probably be in Macri's entourage when he meets Trump at the White House on the 27th. My guess is that the first person Manfroni will want to meet, is Bannon.

[Judi Lynn]

2. These people are poisonous. Their roots are deep and well established, unfortunately.

It will take a tremendous effort, or a very long time to remove them, won't it?

The link helped a lot, seeing Manfroni's face was immediately fresh in memory.

It really assists seeing through the maze around Macri, keeping everyone straight, as it appears there are so many of these twisted people in his circle. They have their counterparts here, too, of course, minus Scalia!

As soon as I saw the carapintadas are generally ultra-Catholic, I got the picture, and could make the connection. These people are not really as religious as they pretend. They are there for the politics, aren't they?

I wonder if Manfroni will join Bannon on Bannon's couch, wearing his own version of sloppy shorts?

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"Burp!"



Gómez Centurión, loves his "macho" images as a Carapitada



"Centurión" is a very strange name for a soldier, isn't it? Yikes.[/center]
Thanks, so much for adding the depth we need. It's completely appreciated.