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CousinIT

(9,234 posts) Sat Mar 18, 2023, 04:11 PM Mar 2023

GREAT video about The Carter Center - and about President Carter's life & legacy

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GREAT video about The Carter Center - and about President Carter's life & legacy (Original Post) CousinIT Mar 2023 OP

That is wonderful. brer cat Mar 2023 #1

It's telling that authoritarians in other countries detest Carter - while activists appreciate him peppertree Mar 2023 #2

brer cat

(24,544 posts)

1. That is wonderful.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Sat Mar 18, 2023, 05:07 PM

Mar 2023

They both have great legacies, and the love of millions of people around the world.

peppertree

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2. It's telling that authoritarians in other countries detest Carter - while activists appreciate him

Reply to brer cat (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 06:05 PM

Mar 2023

This is notably the case in Argentina, where apologists of the fascist Videla dictatorship (1976-81) still hold a grudge against Carter for holding Videla's feet to the fire.

But it worked: According to first official Argentine report, disappearances did in fact slow from 3,600 in 1976 (the real figure for '76 was likely twice as many or more) to 46 in 1980.

Carter had a lot to do with that - and did so against vehement Republican opposition (especially Kissinger's).

He was belatedly awarded the Order of the Liberator San Martín - the country's highest decoration to any citizen, Argentine or not - in 2017.

https://www.globalatlanta.com/carter-awarded-argentinas-highest-honor-human-rights-work/

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