An official-informal letter written by Fernando E. Rondon to American Ambassador Robert C. Hill reporting on Patricia Derian’s meetings with human rights advocates, journalists, and diplomats in Argentina. The document details accounts of state-sponsored violence, torture, disappearances, and the political dynamics between moderate and hard-line military factions during the Dirty War.

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  • 1977-03-16 — Armed men invade a home, ransack it, and kidnap a mother and daughter, subjecting the mother to torture before releasing her.
  • 1977-04 — Patricia Derian and Fernando Rondon lunch with Robert Cox at the American Club in Buenos Aires to discuss human rights. (Patricia Derian, Fernando E. Rondon, Robert Cox)
  • 1977-04 — Patricia Derian and Fernando Rondon meet with the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights to hear testimonies of torture and disappearances. (Patricia Derian, Fernando E. Rondon, Alicia Moreau de Justo, Emilio Mignone)

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