Trump vetoes Carter tribute in Argentina [View all]
Source: Buenos Aires Herald
Argentine President Mauricio Macri reverted a decision to award former U.S. President Jimmy Carter the Order of the Liberator General San Martín - the maximum distinction the country can give to a foreign person.
The reversal followed pressure from President Donald Trump's administration, CNN reported this week.
The official tribute, which had already been published in the foreign ministry's Official Gazette, was cancelled after receiving a specific request by the U.S. government, which suggested it would be better to delay it.
Carter was to be given the award for his work in promoting human rights during Argentina's last military dictatorship, in power between 1976 and 1983. According to an official, 1984 Argentine report, deaths by forced disappearance slowed from 3,600 in 1976 to just 46 in 1980.
After being informed about the decision, the Argentine Foreign Ministry again requested that President Macri give the award in spite of Trumps opposition since it had already been made official, according to an anonymous foreign ministry official consulted by CNN's David Cox.
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