The IS carried out “barbaric terrorism” in the Middle East and around the world, therefore defeating the terrorist group is an “absolute priority”, Obama told a joint news conference with Argentine President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires. “It’s probably going to look bad for the United States in the short term, but in the long run it’ll be beneficial because it’ll clear the slate”.
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Documents released in 2002 and 2003 revealed then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and other high-ranking USA officials supported the coup and were aware of the violations. Obama visited the museum inside the park Thursday and acknowledged that “there has been controversy about the politics of the U.S”.
‘Democracies have to have the courage to acknowledge when we don’t live up to the ideals that we stand for.
Tango originated in Argentina and Uruguay in the late 1800s and is one of the most recognizable elements of Argentine culture. “The families led the efforts”, President Obama said.
“I have no doubt that the declassified documents will contain useful information that could contribute to bringing those responsible for these abuses to justice”, said José Miguel Vivanco, the director of Human Rights Watch’s Americas division. And attending the exhibition game in Havana between Cuba’s national team and Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays was itself an act of diplomacy with a nation that until recently had been estranged from the USA for decades.
“No, no”, Obama’s face seemed to say, as he declined her invitation not once but multiple times.
But President Obama said U.S. foreign policy had changed since to always take into account transparency and human rights. The couple sharply increased spending on social welfare programs while raising tariffs in attempts to protect local industries and aligning the country with leftist leaders like late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales.
The sensitive date of the Argentina visit angered some victims’ groups.
President Obama Thursday visited a memorial in Argentina to the thousands of people killed and disappeared during that country’s “dirty war”, on the 40th anniversary of the coup that started it. “His presence here is indicating this new kind of relationship with Mauricio Macri”. In the first visit for a US president in almost 20 years to Argentina, President Barack Obama coincided with the anniversary of the 1976 coup, stirring up lingering questions about America’s role supporting the military dictatorship that followed.
The documents concern USA intelligence and military involvement in Argentina’s 1976-83 “Dirty War”, during which a military dictatorship viciously oppressed left-wing opponents.
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The Obamas and their two daughters departed Buenos Aires on midday Thursday for Bariloche in Patagonia, where they will spend the afternoon on a private tour of the exclusive resort area.
