[SANITIZED]HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW 2-8 JUNE 1978 - 1978/06/09

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03352639
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: June 9, 1978

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
NATIONAL FOREIGN ASSESSMENT CENTER
HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW
(2-8 June 1978)
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This publication is a compilation of articles prepared by the
geographical divisions of the Office of Regional and Political
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WARNING NOTICE
SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
AND METHODS INVOLVED
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EC-Ar.entina: The issue of human rights violations in Argentina
was the focus of a one-day public hearing in Brussels in late May. Held
under the auspices of Socialist members of the European Parliament--
British Laborites reportedly played the leading role--the session was
intended to underscore concern over EC states' participation in the
current World Cup soccer matches in Argentina, a country where several
West Europeans have been detained or have disappeared, and where human
rights violations have been widespread. A report an the hearing is to
be submitted to the European Parliament, which reconvenes on 12 June.
The report may recommend that EC members cease military sales to Argentina
and seek to deny it funds from international financial institutions.
Prospects for implementation of suca a common policy, however, appear
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LATIN AMERICA
-- Brazil: Civilian and military dissidents in Brazil continue
to try to undermine President-designate Figueiredo despite internal
differences and government moves to blunt their impact. It still
appears unlikely that Figueiredo's candidacy will be derailed--President
Geisel and the high command appear undaunted--but the very existence of
dissidence is a source of concern to the regime.
An effort to challenge the candidacy of Figueiredo has been under
way for many weeks. It involves civilian politicians seeking rapid
liberalization, military officers who sympathize with this desire, and
military men who oppose Figueiredo for personal or other reasons. There
has been considerable speculation that these dissidents aim to nominate
a presidential candidate- -probablyretired General Euler Bentes Monteiro--
to run under the banner of the nominal opposition party.
The dissidents face formidable obstacles. The opposition party,
for example, appears fearful of formally endorsing the dissident's plan.
The party held a convention last week but failed to take up the question
of naming a candidate, though it could legally still do so at a later
date. Moreover, support within the military for the anti-Figueiredo
cause does not appear to be growing rapidly, if at all. Officers who
were approached in Sao Paulo, for example, are reported to have declined
to support the dissidents actively, although some acknowledged their
sympathy privately.
The dissidents, however, are determined to press the issue and, at
the very least, will make life difficult for the regime in the coming
months. A former Geisel cabinet minister now in the forefront of the
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dissident movement insists that an alternative military candidate backed
by the opposition tarty ig an inevitable solution to the present situation.
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