Talk:Jorge Rafael Videla

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Was Mr. Videla born on 02 Aug or 21 Aug? If it is on the 21 Aug, then why is cataloged as being an individual dated 02 Aug?

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Is is possible to remove the "president" box? He was not a President, he was a Dictator. And a really nasty one.

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Is it possible to move the essay to a separate page on the Dirty War?Vancouverguy 00:11, 18 Sep 2003 (UTC)

• I think that's a good idea.Pascal 06:21, 18 Sep 2003 (UTC)

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It would be nice to include some more information on Videla's initial 1985 sentencing, subsequent pardon, and 1998 prison sentence and house arrest. Some of this is included in the Dirty war article and the spanish-version article.

Contents 1 Sources 1.1 What I Found 2 Cruyff 3 Female?

[edit] Sources

I'm going to place a request of sources and reference on this article. Most of it seems fine, but I've never heard of 500,000 exiled Argentinians. 30,000 as estimate of desaparecidos is sort of common knowledge in Argentina, but should be sourced properly for the benefit of the general reader. --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 10:47, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] What I Found

• "An official investigation concluded that 9,000 people were killed or disappeared during the period of the military governments, although human rights organisations say the figure could be as high as 30,000." BBC news.

• "... mantener las banderas de justicia social y liberación nacional que levantaban los 30 mil desaparecidos y la mayoría del pueblo..." ExDesaparecidos.org.ar

• This link calculates around 3,000 lived in France either legally (900) or in clandestinity after the 1976 golpe.

• Argentinos en el Exterior

I think those 500,000 emigrants might be too much. The exodus actually started after the 1966 military government, but I haven't been able to find much. And it seams that the 21st century exodus was far bigger than that of the Dirty War. Mariano(t/c) 12:13, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cruyff

Anon comment on Cruyff's decition not to participate of the WC 1978:

[nonsense, he already decided in 1974 that he wouldn't play in another World Cup, because his wife Danny didn't want him to be away from home for another 6 weeks or so. Johan Cruijff didn't have any political motives to not go to Argentina, his motives were personal and had nothing to do with the Argentinean regime.] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.187.5.222 (talk • contribs)

Mariano(t/c) 10:10, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

___________________________________________________________________________________ Do we really need the piece of trivia at the end? It trivializes the issues at stake, in my opinion. My Lord, and the score is even included.Landrumkelly 12:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

___________________________________________________________________________________ '"'de facto' president of Argentina"'???

That part of the article is apparently untouchable. At least I don't see how to edit it. Surely to say that we was the "self-proclaimed" president would be a more defensible way to open this article, since "president" (in lieu of "dictator") gives a sense of legitimacy to his rule. HE WAS A DICTATOR. Landrumkelly 12:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Female?

What does this article refer with "suspected to be a female"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.232.253.81 (talk) 01:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)