Years of lead

The term “ years of lead ” is an expression being used to qualify, in several countries, one historical period marked by violence.

Europe

America

The United States

In the the United States, groups such as the Weathermen or the Armée with release symbionaise (SLA) will take part in attacks against varied targets, thus joining the practices of Propagande by the fact adopted by a minority of the movement Anarchiste at the end of the XIXe century.

Latin America

The Coup d'etat of September 11th, 1973 of Augusto Pinochet makes return Chile in the years of lead, of which the episode the most known remainder the Opération Condor, where the majority of the dictatorships of Latin America coopéraient together to track and assassinate the dissidents, often by making them “disappear” (the Desaparecidos ) during this “Guerre salts”. The Triple has (Alliance anticommunist Argentine) will make also a series of attacks in connection with the capacity of State, directed by Isabel Peron, the third woman of Peron. The Junte of Jorge Rafael Videla will be then one of participating principal Condor plan, and the members of its secret police, of which some were pulled by the old ones of the Guerre of Algeria, will take part then in the instruction of Paramilitaire S with the Guatemala in the years 1980.

Africa

Morocco

Historical period of the contemporary Morocco marked by the repression of the political opponents under the reign of Hassan II. The business Mehdi Ben Barka remains the most famous episode about it.

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