Argentines’ disdain for the United States had eased somewhat under Obama, but they were still evenly split between those who had favorable opinions of the country and those who thought we were monsters. And you couldn’t really blame them. Declassified U.S. diplomatic cables showed that in 1976, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gave Argentina’s military junta the green light to engage in widespread repression, murder, kidnappings, and torture of its citizens. “We want you to succeed,” Kissinger told an Argentine Admiral that year. “If there are things that have to be done, you should do them
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