General Videla Part 4: Dictator in the Courtroom

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Falklands War casts a long shadow over Argentina as the junta teeters on the verge of collapse. The country slowly returns to democracy. But that isn’t the end of Videla’s time in the spotlight. As a heroic legal case is brought against him, justice for his victims finally seems within reach. We’ll meet a man who sat mere feet away from Videla in the courtroom - a young prosecutor with the hopes of a nation resting on his shoulders… A Noiser production, written by John Bartlett. Many thanks to Edward Brudney, Robert Cox, Marguerite Feitlowitz, Francesca Lessa, Sara Méndez, Luís Moreno Ocampo, Ernesto Semán. This is Part 4 of 4. Get every episode of Real Dictators a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser network. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.5	It's September the 18th, 1985, in Buenos Aires.
0:44.3	In weak spring sunshine, expectant crowds have gathered in the open square outside the Federal Appeals Court. Inside the oak-panelled courtroom, people are filing into the stalls in the gallery and taking their seats.
0:57.3	The murmur of anticipation grows.
1:01.1	After five months of harrowing testimony,
1:04.1	proceedings are finally coming to an end.
1:09.2	The survivors of General Jorge Rafael Vidal's dirty war have had their say.
1:11.6	Now, prosecutor, Julio Strasserro will deliver his closing remarks.
1:19.6	In file the nine defendants.
1:22.6	They are the members of the first three military junta's, which led Argentina's dictatorship after seizing power in 1976.
1:30.3	Among them, hair scraped back against his scalp and flecks of gray in his customary toothbrush mustache,
1:39.3	is General Vidal.
1:41.3	He takes his place in the middle of the row of dictators seated on a wooden bench.
1:49.0	Strasserer clears his throat, breaking the bristling silence.
1:59.0	As Strasserer reads out his statement, Vidal does his best to convey his disdain
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