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British Campaigns for Solidarity with Argentina and Chile
Author(s) -
Livingstone Grace
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.13045
Subject(s) - dictatorship , solidarity , appeal , political science , government (linguistics) , political economy , development economics , economy , sociology , economics , democracy , law , politics , linguistics , philosophy
The Chile solidarity movement persuaded British Labour governments (1974–1979) to introduce a range of measures against the Pinochet regime. But campaigners lobbying against the Argentine dictatorship (1976–1983) had less impact on policy. Neither these Labour governments nor the subsequent Conservative government imposed any sanction on the Argentine dictatorship, until the invasion of the Falkland Islands. This article explores why in Britain – and Europe – the Chile campaign had greater public appeal than the Argentina solidarity campaigns. It identifies a number of common factors across Europe which explain why the anti‐Pinochet cause generated more support than the Argentina campaign.