Automotores Orletti e a perseguição contra os uruguaios na Argentina: Ditaduras de Segurança Nacional, Terrorismo de Estado e conexão repressiva no Cone Sul

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of persecution against political opposition in the Southern Cone, in the context of national security dictatorships. In particular, it analyzes the presence of Uruguayan exiles in Buenos Aires, especially the militancy of the Party for The People's Victory and the reprisals they suffered, since March 1976, through repressive actions linked to Operation Condor. Orletti Automotors was the main base of operations of the regional repressive coordination, serving as a place of action for Uruguayan commandos and a clandestine center for the detention and abduction of hundreds of political persecuted latin-americans. In this sense, it will be presented the characteristics of the counter-insurgent actions against the exile nuclei, information about the role of Ortetti Automotors in the context of the repressive infrastructure of Argentina, as well as their daily functioning, and the performance of the commandos who worked there. Finally, it is analyzed what happened with the Uruguayan detainees when the closure of this clandestine enclosure happened.