Rebekah Sheridan
12/16/15
Amnesty vs Justice
Ernest Hemingway once said, “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” There has been many wars throughout history that innocent people or victims have suffered from. A well-known example is World War II, where the Jews or anyone who helped the Jews got tortured and killed in the concentration camps, because Adolf Hitler and the Nazis blamed Jews for everything like losing World War I and economic crisis the country faced. Hitler scapegoated them for the country’s issues and made them “pay” for it. In my opinion, this is the kind of war that are extremely inhumane and “dirty”. The Dirty War of Argentina and Chile was a very dark time in Latin American history.
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The tables turned after President Juan Peron died in July 1974 and his wife, Isabell Peron became the new President. She will always be reminisced by her tacit support of an anti-guerrilla death squad known as the Triple A (Argentine Anticommunist Alliance). This organization was secretly led by José López Rega, Minister of Social Welfare and personal secretary of Juan Perón. He opposed the Peronist left and other leftist organizations. The AAA acted against a wide range of government opponents, not just communists. The guerrillas responded to the Triple A's atrocities with their own campaign of terror, killing hundreds, including innocent bystanders. By 1976, Argentina seemed to be in its deepest state yet. Due to immense civil unrest and inflation running at 600 percent, the military stepped into politics yet again with public support. Little did people know that the worst was yet to come. On March 24, 1976 a military junta led by Gen Jorge Videla seized power on the country, in response to a period of political instability and growing violence. This made it easy for him to seize power due to the unstable condition of the country. The military's aim was to wipe out left-wing terrorism - but the terror carried out by the state exceeded anything previously seen in Argentina. Between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed or disappeared before Argentina returned to civilian rule with the election of President Raul Alfonsin in October
In order to dehumanize a group of people, there must first be a clear separation between who is the “us” and “them.” The conservative documentary Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration (2006), takes the viewer into the lives of several people who are impacted by the growing issue of undocumented Mexican immigrants crossing the The Mexico–United States border. This film creates a one-dimensional or single conception of undocumented immigrants through the use of language, such as “illegal” or “alien” and various other combinations. Another method is through the imagery it showed while there was dialogue being said. Most of the imagery in this film creates a narrative that undocumented Mexican immigrants are violent and a threat to Americans. Additionally, the sympathizers and protesters against border reform were portrayed as anti-American radicals. The production of this documentary was not only used to direct our view of undocumented immigrants to a single account, but also to establish false truths that turn undocumented immigrants into a “them.”
A war that is justified is still a war, and no one wants to be in that kind of hell. The idea that the only way to win is to be the best at killing people so you can stop killing people and go home, is a way to survive. However, the rules keep changing and you are still there,
War is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction and mortality. Although killing in war isn't strange, the killings of innocent civilians, however is unjustified by the War Crimes Act. A war crime is defined as "any grave breach of the Geneva Convention". War crimes are unjustified by military necessity, and killing civilians is one of them. The legitimate question is who should be held responsible, morally or legally for the acts they commit throughout war time. Officials should be held responsible for crimes committed during wartime, yet the ones delivering those orders should not suffer the consequences.
War should not be glorified for it is a horrific occurrence that is
This stance made him popular amongst conservatives as well. While he started his ten year term with large support, the cracks slowly started to show as the years progressed. In the beginning, his wife Evita helped grow his appeal as she became a cult figure and created woman’s institutions like a women Perónist party. But after years of a healthy looking economy and growth, problems started to arise in 1949. Inflation began to rise and unemployment grew. Perón tried to fix this by creating new government jobs to make it look as if there was no problem. Many of his political opponents were tortured, detained, or exiled. This also led to the signs of huge government corruption. After being elected for another term in 1952, Perón tries to make his wife vice president to which the military leaders said he was not allowed. Shortly after his reelection, Evita dies of cancer. This along with the seemingly unfixable problem which was the economy, assassination plots began to be muttered. Military rebellions began to break out around the country and Perón had the police round up his opponents. Seeing the country in chaos, Perón resigns in 1955 and is exiled to Paraguay and then Spain. The military was in control again and proceeded to ban the Perónist party. With Perón setting a precedent for mass protest in the country, the 20 years before the beginning of the dirty war were a battle between military intervention and the
CIA provided tear gas, submachine-guns and ammunition to the second group. The third group attempted to kidnap Schneider, mortally wounding him in the attack. CIA had previously encouraged this group to launch a coup but withdrew support four days before the attack because, in CIA’s assessment, the group could not carry it out successfully.” Even though, the agency did not instigate the coup that brought an end to Salvador Allende’s government on 11 September 1973, it was aware of the military plot and had ongoing intelligence collection relationships with some plotters. The CIA did not discourage the plot and had previously sought to instigate a coup in 1970 most likely appeared to condone it. The U.S. government had engaged in a campaign of economic sabotage, using financial institutions to isolate Chile while President Salvador Allende was in control. Once General Augusto Pinochet came into power, the segregation of funds came to an abrupt end. The regime of Pinochet continued it’s dominance because it ruled through oppression and was economically supported by the U.S. government. Unlike, General Augusto Pinochet, Allende wanted the Chilean citizens to benefit from the
The first thing that has ever gotten me to start thinking about the issue was when I had to read “Amnesty” by John Kavanaugh, who is a Roman Catholic priest and professor of philosophy for class. “Amnesty” is about illegal immigration and how Kavanaugh feels that the U.S. is unjust when it comes to dealing with them. He explains how most illegal immigrants come to the U.S. to get away from a bad situation and that they are trying to make a living for their families either back home or the family they formed here in the United States. Kavanaugh then goes on to explain how bishops from across the country “call for a more compassionate, fair, and realistic reform of our immigration system” (38) and they were met with resistance and resentment, he
There has been debate regarding whether it was right for the Obama administration to allow amnesty for illegal immigrants or not. Various researchers and scholars have voiced their opinion regarding this subject, with some supporting the government decision. Many, however, have opined differently and are against this decision. This treatise will carry out an argumentative analysis that will justify how the pitfalls of amnesty surpass the benefits from the same.
Should the U.S. grant amnesty to immigrants who came here illegally? The answer to this question is yes, they should. What 's wrong with granting amnesty to hard-working, tax-paying individuals whose only crime is their immigration status? Amnesty is not only the best solution to our immigration problem, it is the only feasible solution. Here are some reasons to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants now.
Juan Domingo Perón is known as the greatest Argentinean politician of all time. However, he is also one of he most controversial. His tactics and alliances are often criticized as are the changes and developments he brought about in Argentina. The one thing that can be concluded by all is that this man led a very complex and important life.
War is many things. It may be many different things depending on each individual. Many soldiers get trained so their mentality is to characterize their opponents as less than human, so their lives lose all worth. Some soldiers however, are not prepared for this, even though they have been trained. One thing is training for it, another thing is actually killing a human being. As they kill more people, it becomes normalized for them. All they have seen changes their mind, while all of their dreams get swept aside by bloody hands of the hypnotized while they carry the cross of homicide. But why kill other strangers? What’s in it for the soldiers? War feeds the rich while it buries the poor. Rich people are power hungry, selling soldiers in human grocery store, using them as their little puppets who obey their master, making them go around killing each other in order to determine who is right, but in the end, war determines who is left. “The Man I Killed” by Tim O’Brien shows how soldiers who commit violence become traumatized and how that changes over time.
The longest an illegal immigrant is allowed to stay in the U.S. Is 6 months. After that, they are considered illegal. Amnesty is the forgiveness of immigrants that overstay their visit and allows them to stay in the country longer.
A question that is often in conversed is if child soldiers should be granted amnesty or be prosecuted. Well the answer can be broken down by how you think as a person over what the greater good is in this question. By that i mean how do you think their fate should be decided and how do we make sure we enforce the ways we want? How do we know this is for what's right?
Neruda died during a hospital in Santiago at age sixty nine in Gregorian calendar month 1973, simply days when the military coup that brought dictator information. Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile. Neruda, World Health Organization was additionally an officer and a diplomat, had been a supporter of the expel leftist president Central American nation Allende.
Film Analysis #3: Voices of Fear Argentina’s independence from Spain leaves the divided country in chaos as years of civil war break out due to lack of a single, legitimate authority. Industrialization led to a quick rise to economic prosperity and as a major world exporter, the prosperity leading to the belief they could do better by freeing themselves from foreign imports. The Great Depression of 1929 left Argentina economically drained with no way to profit from exports, allowing the elite to take advantage of the chaos and overthrow the oligarchy. Colonel Juan D. Peròn ruled a controversial 3 terms: initially using populism and the influence of his wife-Eva to establish social reforms, while also engaging in increasingly semi-authoritarian practices leading to major opposition (Metoyer). Oligarchic and military rule used violence and unquestionable intolerance to opposition, disposing of anyone expressing otherwise.