Between urgency and reconciliation: the great Argentina press and the enactment of the Law of “Punto Final” in 1986

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Argentina press, Punto Final, Raúl Alfonsin, human rights, state terrorism

Abstract

This article discusses how Argentine newspapers Clarín, La Nación and La Prensa informatively built the enactment of the Act called "Punto final" in December 1986 -during the government of Raul Alfonsín (1983-1989)-, which stipulated a deadline for filing legal complaints against members of the Argentine armed forces who had committed crimes during the clandestine repression ordered by the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983. In a context where the military pressured the government not to be judged, the publications studied construct a scenario of urgency and need for reconciliation to resolve the conflict.

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  • Marcelo Borrelli, Universidad de Buenos Aires

     Doctor en Ciencias Sociales, Magíster en Comunicación y Cultura por la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), docente de “Historia General de los Medios y Sistemas de Comunicación” en la misma universidad. Investigador Adjunto del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

  • María Fernanda Ochoa, Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Licenciada en Ciencias de la Comunicación por la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Es Miembro del Área de la Historia de la Comunicación Gráfica de la misma institución

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Published

2019-09-02

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2016)

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Papers

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How to Cite

Borrelli, M., & Ochoa, M. F. (2019). Between urgency and reconciliation: the great Argentina press and the enactment of the Law of “Punto Final” in 1986. Revista De Comunicación, 15(1), 11-33. https://revistadecomunicacion.com/article/view/1236