Social Problem #1In Argentina, there are two major government/social problems. The first is human rights. Argentina has a history of human rights violations. The Human rights violations hurt Argentina in becoming a free country. The disappearance of citizens who disagree politically cause mistrust and turmoil in the Argentina government and hurt Argentina in its relations with other countries, like Brazil. Worldwide pressure has been applied because Argentina to mend its ways. The likelihood that human rights violations will be reduced is high because Argentina is striving to become a first world country like the United States.The dirty war is over, and human rights are generally respected in Argentina. Still, human rights violations are still a real problem in this country. The fate of 30'000 "disappeared" during the dirty war is still unknown and the Government, shielding itself behind two laws that pardoned all those responsible for the tortures and killings, has no plans to investigate what their fate was. Children (teenagers now), taken away from the arms of their disappeared parents, continue to grow away from their real families, not knowing their true identity. Journalists are harassed for writing articles offensive to the government, and sometimes even beaten up or killed. Conditions in jails are inhuman, beatings at police stations commonplace, and disappearances at the hand of the police are not unheard of. Prisoners often stay in jail for years before being tried for their alleged crimes. There is at least one prisoner of conscience, Fray Antonio Puigjan, who has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for his beliefs. Fray Juan Antonio Puigjan is a 71-year-old Franciscan friar. He was imprisoned in Argentina in 1989, after a highly politicized trial. According to the court, he was convicted because he "should have known" about a planned attack on a military base, even though no evidence or proof was presented as to th...
