La Guerra de Malvinas: solidaridad desde México

Abstract

During the Latin American dictatorships in the seventies and early eighties, Mexico was home to a set of solidarity networks. The Malvinas War constituted a critical moment that shed light on some of these networks woven by Mexican and South American exiles. This article examines the role of these solidarity networks through documentation created by the different political trends of the Argentinean exile, as well as from articles, chronicles and editorials published in Mexican newspapers and magazines. The Malvinas War unleashed strong controversies on various issues of leftist thought and action: the character of the antidictatorial fight, the legitimacy of territorial sovereignty claims, imperialism, nationalism, and popular democracy. This article portrays these discussions; highlights the reach and scope of condemnations made against the State terrorism enforced by the Argentinean Armed Forces; and displays the impact of the Malvinas War in the Mexican public opinion.