Apart from Costa Rica, which LATAM country would you say has the strongest democratic tradition?

[Tooting Carmen]

No, only Chileans and Argentinians

Did you personally meet any?

[Tooting Carmen]

It wasn't that bad.Not even as bad as South America and Central America. The USA had it's guerra sucia against leftist in the 1960's.




How many Mexicans died in the suppose guerra sucia?

At least 2000 according to the Wiki article.

[RMuller]

At least 2000 according to the Wiki article.

Maybe 200 max. 2000 missing Mexico would have made big news.

[alnortedelsur]

Did you personally meet any?

Argentinians no personally, I just remember an Argentinian woman, when I was a kid, who was friend of a female teacher of mine that gave me particular classes in her home. And I remember to have seen this Argentinian friend of her a couple of times, when she was visiting my teacher.

Chileans, I remember several ones: I remember in primary school, a Chilean kid of my same school, who went to a different class, but used to ride in the same school bus as me. Then, I had a physical education teacher in my first year of high school. It was only that year, because then I changed to a different high school. Then, in the new high school I had a female classmate who was Chilean. I also remember a female teacher in that same high school, who was our Physics teacher in one of my high school years. Then, I remember a Chilean guy who was friend of my dad (I think he was coworker of him in a past job of my dad). And I also remember a Chilean guy who purchased the house that my mom sold in the southern outskirts of Maracay (where she was living with her husband and my younger siblings), because she was moving to Spain with my step father and my younger siblings (before I also went to live in Spain a couple of years later).

[alnortedelsur]

At least 2000 according to the Wiki article.

That's the same (minimum) number of missing people only during Raul Leoni's government (1964-1969), and then you say that the Venezuelan "dirty war" from the 60s up to early 70s was just "a triffle" like some British tactics agains IRA and GAL in Spain, and nothing more

[HelloGuys]

Maybe 200 max. 2000 missing Mexico would have made big news.

Source? You have to prove it first before say anything as such

[HelloGuys]

That's the same (minimum) number of missing people only during Raul Leoni's government (1964-1969), and then you say that the Venezuelan "dirty war" from the 60s up to early 70s was just "a triffle" like some British tactics agains IRA and GAL in Spain, and nothing more

It's obvious that he is lying; he doesn't has a clue about it and just invented the number as usual

[Tooting Carmen]

It's obvious that he is lying; he doesn't has a clue about it and just invented the number as usual

My bad, the estimate is 1,200 disappearances: https://www.reuters.com/article/late.../idUSN08316698

[Tooting Carmen]

That's the same (minimum) number of missing people only during Raul Leoni's government (1964-1969), and then you say that the Venezuelan "dirty war" from the 60s up to early 70s was just "a triffle" like some British tactics agains IRA and GAL in Spain, and nothing more

Sorry, just my image of Betancourt was perhaps too idealistic. Perhaps he really was a case of "not so different from the rest", especially for his time.

[Tannhauser]

Chile & Uruguay. The other options are failure states where the democratic regime is a mere façade.

We live in poliarchies!