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Interview with de facto president Jorge Rafael Videla for Latin American Broadcasting, a few months before the date set in March 1981 for the transfer of the head of state to a successor chosen by the Military Junta. At the beginning, Videla explains that in September the Military Junta will appoint his successor as part of the necessary change of men to give the “process a profound republican sense.” He then describes the characteristics of the policy applied during his government (“a stage of basic order”), given the situation of “political, economic and social chaos” and “violence,” which gave way to the coup d’état of 1976. He also highlights that the new stage will continue with the proposed dialogue based on the document “Political Bases,” prepared by the Armed Forces, with the perspective of arriving at an “authentic and adult democracy,” with important participation of the representatives of the armed forces. Then, in response to the critical report of the OAS (Organization of American States) human rights commission, the de facto president stressed that it was a “smear campaign” to isolate the country through misinformation, given that “Argentina suffered the aggression of subversive terrorism” and a war “that it did not seek, that it did not desire,” with a very costly toll of “dead, prisoners and missing persons.” On the other hand, he explained the cooling of relations with the United States and why he did not adhere to the blockade promoted against the Soviet Union, as a sanction against the latter for its invasion of Afghanistan, despite Argentina recognizing itself as an entirely Western and Christian country. Towards the end, he denies interference in the last coup d'état in Bolivia, explains the details of the cancellation of his trip to Peru and expresses his concern about the situation in Central America and Nicaragua. You can see the complete cataloging record at: https://www.archivorta.com.ar/asset/v...