13 Apr 2007

Argentine Anticommunist Alliance Princess

The Crown-prince here in the Netherlands, prince Willen-Alexander, and his Argentinian wife Máxima Zorreguieta named their third child Ariane. The first two are Amalia and Alexia. They told the press that they liked the triple A.


Knowing Maxima is daughter of a member of the junta-governement this must refer to The Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Anticomunista Argentina, usually known as Triple A or AAA), a far-right death squad active in Argentina during the mid-1970s. It later became linked to the military junta led by Jorge Rafael Videla (1976-1983) and played a prominent role in the "Dirty War". This period was characterized by frequent terrorist attacks by radical left-wing groups, and harsh repression of dissidence on the part of the military, paramilitary and police forces.

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