Argentine Tango

Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico Mar 25, 2013 Dig deeper

Haunted Pontiff

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Mar 18, 2013 Dig deeper

Documentary Reveals Pentagon’s Ties to Iraq Torture Centers

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2013 The Guardian has released a full-length documentary on the ties between "dirty wars" veteran and retired Col. James Steele, who played a crucial role in setting up and overseeing a network of detention and torture centers in Iraq that committed some of the worst acts of torture, and the top brass at the Pentagon. The film reveals the link between a man who helped oversee a network of torture centers in Iraq and the Pentagon's top brass. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Questions From a ‘Dirty War’

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 17, 2013 They are impolite questions, but they must be asked: What did Jorge Mario Bergoglio know, and when did he know it, about Argentina's brutal "Dirty War" against suspected leftists in which thousands were tortured and killed? More important, what did the newly chosen Pope Francis do? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did You Hear the One About the Pope and the Dirty War?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: All about Francis: Do we even need a pope? And did he collaborate with a brutal military dictatorship? Also: Why corporations don't pay taxes, and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Dirty Wars Exposed at Sundance

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 24, 2013 As President Barack Obama prepared to be sworn in for his second term as the 44th president of the United States, two courageous journalists premiered a documentary at the annual Sundance Film Festival. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Stephen F. Downs

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2012 It’s safe to assume that Big Brother would still have prevailed over Winston Smith had the ill-fated protagonist of George Orwell’s dystopian novel "1984" been helped by public defender Stephen Downs. But we have reason to believe that Downs, who represents Muslim activists in trials that amount to little more than terrorist witch hunts, would not have backed down.A New York attorney who represents Muslim activists in trials that amount to little more than terrorist witch hunts is our Truthdigger of the Week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

America’s Disappeared

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 18, 2011 Torture, prolonged detention without trial, sexual humiliation, rape, disappearance, extortion, looting, random murder and abuse have become, as in Argentina during the Dirty War, part of our own subterranean world of detention sites and torture centers.Torture, disappearance and murder have become, as in Argentina during the Dirty War, part of our own subterranean world of detention sites. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘Dirty War’ Dictator Goes on Trial

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2010 A former military dictator of Argentina is on trial again. Gen. Jorge Videla, who helped lead the country's "Dirty War" of state terror in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is one of more than 20 defendants being tried for the 1976 murders of 31 jailed dissidents. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Argentine ‘Dirty War’ Murderer Gets Life

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2008 Former Argentine army officer and current scumbag Luciano Benjamin Menendez finally got what should have happened to him 30 years ago: a life sentence in jail for the kidnap, torture and murder of anti-dictatorship activists in 1977. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )