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Terror in Latin America
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Item Title Terror in Latin America
Guest Cox, Robert
Guest Benham, Joseph
Guest De Onis, Juan (1927-)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedFebruary 01, 1977
Description

Argentina was at this time an unstable continent's principal venue for terrorist and counter-terrorist violence. Our guests speak calmly, which makes their tale all the more chilling--from the thousands of people who have "disappeared," to the religious persecution that takes place under President Videla (even though he himself appears to be a committed Christian), to Mr. Cox's account of how a journalist deals with terrorism: "He knows he can't possibly afford to have bodyguards; he can't possibly afford to assume that his life is in danger all the time, so he just assumes his life is not in danger. He takes the ordinary precautions that anybody could do. He looks twice or three times before he goes out in the morning; he does things like that. If you get with journalists ..., they say to you, 'You have to realize before you leave in the morning you might not get home at night.' The funny thing is, having realized that, things are all right. It's when you haven't realized that that people get jumpy and get nervous and get worried."

Note: This program is in black and white.

Language(s)
Country of Origin
Place RecordedBuenos Aires, Argentina
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
black and white
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0268
Record Number80040.512
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