since you yanks love numbers, can only talk about numbers, let's talk about numbers
the last military dictatorship in argentina:
-lasted 2818 days
-had 4 presidents: videla, viola, galtieri and bignone
-20 thousand factories closed
-over 800 clandestine detention centers were created
-external debt multiplied by six
-cumulative inflation between 1976 and 1983 reached 517000%
-over 200 songs were banned
-over 600 books were banned
-over 200 foreign movies and 130 local ones were banned and hundreds more were cut or censored
-over 14000 conscripts were sent to malvinas
-649 of them were killed and 350 committed suicide upon return
-at least 30000 brothers and sisters were detained, tortured and disappeared
-490 people were born in captivity. only 137 have been recovered
-at least 500000 argentines were exiled
-the first state to recognize videla as president was the usa
-the imf approved a loan for 110 million dollars to the junta the very same day of the coup, even before any state recognized it as government