The end of one of the darkest and most violent times in all of national history. What happened in 1983.
He October 30 The Day of the Recovery of Democracy is commemorated in the Argentine Republic, because it was that day in 1983, when the democratic government of Raúl Alfonsín won the elections for the first time since the civil-military dictatorship began in 1976.
After 7 years of a violent, repressive military dictatorship, kidnapping and appropriating babies born in captivity, democracy finally returned hand in hand with the struggle of a society that was losing fear little by little. The elections were held on October 30, 1983 and Raúl Alfonsín took office on December 10 of that year.
Raul Alfonsin
Why October 30 is Democracy Recovery Day
That date was established as the day of the recovery of democracy because it was the exact day that the elections were held after so long of not being able to exercise the right to vote or to any type of free expression demonstration. However, the fight to recover democracy began before and does not belong to a single political party or president.
It is worth remembering that this military leadership that governed during those 7 years carried out a coup d’état against a Peronist government that returned after 18 years of ban. But he persecuted both Peronists and people with leftist ideology and communists, considering them a danger to the country.
Who ran for president in the elections of October 30, 1983
Although Raúl Alfonsín was elected president, he belonged to the UCR party and was sometimes known as the father of democracy. The struggle involved more political parties that did everything possible for the end of the military dictatorship and the return of democracy to our country.
The candidates in those elections were Raúl Alfonsín and Víctor Martínez for the UCR, while Ítalo Lúder and Deolindo Bittel were for the Justicialist Party. In addition, the Intransigent Party participated with Oscar Alende and Mirto Lisandro Viale and finally the Integration and Development Movement with Rogelio Frigerio and Antonio Salonia.
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