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production by

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National Institute of Cinema and Audio-Visual Arts
ADRIAN JAIME

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associate producer

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LIBERARTE FOUNDATION
LUIS SCHENONE

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with the support of the
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

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backings

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a documentary by
ADRIAN JAIME

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This was but a prelude;
where books are burnt,

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human beings will burn too.

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Heinrich Heine, German poet

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BURN THEM

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{\an8}La Calera, Córdoba. April 29, 1976
In front of the office of General Menéndez

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{\an8}(convicted of crimes against humanity)

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{\an8}Alta Gracia, Córdoba. September 22, 1966
Silence march

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Córdoba (centre).
Alta Gracia

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Aravena, Pampillón…
Towards liberation!

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Aravena, Pampillón…
Towards liberation!

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We are in front of Iglesia del Pilar

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located at Olmos Avenue
and Chacabuco Boulevard.

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Here, the student commission
for fight coordination

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has celebrated a mass
to honor Santiago Pampillón

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and other workers and students
killed in various events

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that occurred from 1966 until now.

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Forming a compact group,
the students continue to advance

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along Colón Avenue
towards Sucre Street.

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So far, the police hasn’t shown

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and no incident
has been recorded.

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The march takes place in silence.

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Aravena, Pampillón…
Towards liberation!

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The column is a few meters
from the place where the student

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Santiago Pampillón
died three years ago.

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It is 6:55 PM.

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There are 5 minutes left before the time
set for the start of the public function

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in tribute to the student.

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Aravena, Pampillón…
Towards liberation!

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When there are still a few minutes left
for the start of the function

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the students have taken their seats
in the middle of Colón Avenue.

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The police hasn’t shown
and only blocks traffic.

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The event is happening
at the moment.

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A number of speakers
are taking the floor

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without incident.

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Students are listening,
sitting on the street

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as a shower of papers
falls from the apartments.

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A police patrol car
appears at this moment

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on Colon Avenue
whose traffic is obstructed

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by the presence of students.

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Shopkeepers begin
to close the doors of their stores

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and protect their windows
with special steel meshes.

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Aravena, Pampillón…
Towards liberation!

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Aravena, Pampillón…
Towards liberation!

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University autonomy.
No more bans.

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Pampillón did not die in vain.
We will not betray him.

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Homage to Santiago Pampillón.
University Federation of Córdoba.

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Student worker martyr.
University Federation of Córdoba.

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Against the wall!

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Against the wall!

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The federal police
invites you to vacate the premises

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within 10 minutes.

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Directorate for Tourism
and Traffic, Córdoba Province

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This is not a simple tribute,

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but it has deep meaning

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for those of us who are
fighting for liberation

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and against dependence.

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We vindicate all
the popular martyrs

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who for so many years

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spilled their blood

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on the People's path
for their liberation.

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{\an8}Córdoba, February 23, 1970

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{\an8}Today is a day of special importance
for Córdoba´s and the country’s

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university life.

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February 23, 2:15 PM

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Entrance tests
for the Casa de Trejo

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begin to be received.

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As is known,
the entrance test caused

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a series of student incidents
that had at their peak

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the takeover of the
Hospital Nacional de Clínicas.

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This subsequently determined
the closure of the University

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and the deferral of the tests
until today.

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The number of registered students is
around 12,200.

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The University City

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is where most
of the institutes

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to which students will attend
are concentrated.

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From early hours,
the police carries out

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a discreet surveillance

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both here,
in the University City,

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and in the different establishments
where the test will be received.

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The students, for their part,

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have held an assembly

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at the headquarters of the
General Confederation of Labour (CGT)

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to decide
what measures they will adopt

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to continue resisting the examination.

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The police are 100%
quartered

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and, according to a police statement,

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this is due to the need
to guarantee peace

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and public order.

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The headquarters of the
General Confederation of Labour

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has been in these days
a centre of feverish activity

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especially,
since the closure of

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the union of
Light and Power of Córdoba

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which was the preferred meeting place
for student groups.

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This morning,
the National University of Córdoba

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reported that it had
sent to the Justice

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all the background related
to the attempted theft

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of the texts for the entrance test.

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For their part, the students claim
that there was no such attempt to steal the exam

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but that a copy
of the entrance test,

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was sent by a student
to the Coordinating Board.

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They add that this complaint to the
Courts is a new manoeuvre

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to cover up the delivery of that test
to privileged groups.

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They affirm that this
once again ratifies

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the discriminatory nature
of the entrance exam

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and announce a total resistance
from the students

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who will refuse
to enter the schools

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where they must take the exam.

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In front of the schools
of Engineering and Architecture,

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police personnel monitor
the passage of people.

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The access of students
who attend to take the exam

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will only be allowed
from 2 PM

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and presenting identification.

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This is the student
situation in Córdoba

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when it is 2 PM.

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That is,

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fifteen minutes before
the start of the

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entrance exam.

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Do not enter!

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It is 2 PM
in front of the School of Engineering

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and Architecture of the
National University of Córdoba.

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The cries of students
asking students

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not to enter the school
to take the exam

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are heard.

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Do not enter!

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There we see a speaker
taking the floor

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haranguing the students.

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Pamphlets fly.

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The cries not to enter
are heard.

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Do not enter!
Do not enter!

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A police officer
approaches the group

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that is settled
at the intersection

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of Vélez Sarsfield Avenue
and Duarte Quiroz.

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Do not enter!
Do not enter!

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A nation, not a colony!

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A speaker representing
the School of Architecture

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brings in front of the
School of Engineering

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the news that there
it has been decided

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not to enter
to sit for the exam.

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The police go up to the steps
of the School of Engineering.

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People run.

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A young man is taken into custody.

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The firing of tear gas
begins.

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It is tear gas shots
that are heard.

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Tear gas in the middle of
Vélez Sarsfield Avenue.

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Of course, emanations
also affect us.

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While the gas canister
shots are heard,

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some students enter
the School of Architecture.

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This happens when it's 2:15 PM.

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The effects of gas
on everyone's faces…

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especially hers.

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Students continue to enter
the School of Engineering.

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Hey, son of a bitch,
get out of here.

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Excuse me.

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Caseros and Belgrano St.,

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an Estanciera burns.

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We are reporting directly
on the events in the city of Córdoba

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on the day of the entrance exam.

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27 de abril and Belgrano St.

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Here, too, a barricade
was improvised

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that, in this moment,
is about to be removed

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by Córdoba´s police.

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Against the wall!

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It is necessary, comrades,
that in our society

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young people assume leadership.

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A nation, not a colony!

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It is 7:30 PM and 8 hours
have passed of the takeover

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of the Hospital Nacional de Clínicas
by the student groups

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protesting
the admission regime

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set at the National
University of Córdoba.

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So far,
no incidents have been reported.

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The police limited themselves to cleaning
the street of barricades

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but immediately after
the students rebuilt them

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and now

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they proceed to set fire

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at the corner of
Chubut and Santa Rosa St.,

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on the exact corner of the
Hospital Nacional de Clínicas.

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It is estimated that there are
around 1,000

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students who occupy
this healthcare centre

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located in the heart
of Clínicas neighbourhood

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traditionally

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a place that is a bulwark
of student groups.

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It is totally impossible
to enter the hospital.

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The doors have been
closed off with benches.

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Further on,
on Santa Rosa St.

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we can see another barricade.

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It is impossible at the moment
to enter this sector.

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School taken,
reads a big sign

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located at the door of the hospital.

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Here, dependencies
and chairs of the

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School of Medical Sciences
of the National University of Córdoba work.

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On Neuquén and Santa Rosa St.,
there is another barricade

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blocking one of the accesses
to the Hospital.

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A barricade burns
on Santa Rosa St.

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And above the walls of the
Hospital Nacional de Clínicas

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student groups that occupy it
can be seen

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and also, a good
supply of bricks

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within easy reach.

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In the course of the afternoon,
there were negotiations

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between the student groups
and the police

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in order to avoid confrontation

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but so far, to no avail.

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It is 7:40 PM
the police hasn’t yet shown

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although they said that at 6:30 PM,
a decision would be made

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about the attitude to adopt.

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What always happens
at Clínicas neighbourhood,

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is that students climb to the roofs

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of all homes here,

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that is why it is so difficult
to take back the Clínicas neighbourhood

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when it has been occupied.

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Just 100 metres away
from the 3rd Police Station,

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a new burning barricade
has been erected.

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Hey, warn us when you film
your camera is going to get burnt.

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A platoon composed
of five policemen

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and one officer in charge

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approaches the barricade
to clear the street.

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Stones rain from the roofs
but they are small.

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The police withdraw from the fire zone.

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The policeman who led the platoon

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talks to the students.

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The students shout at the police
to stop

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warning that there is
another policeman here.

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The Police of Córdoba use
their new shields for the first time

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while bottles rain
from the ceilings.

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Tear gas shots are heard.

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The students throw bottles
and Molotov cocktails

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and the police responds with
tear gas canisters.

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Fire brigade troops
have also arrived

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as tear gas canisters

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begin to affect us.

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Some gunshots
are also heard.

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If we want a new world,
if we want a new man,

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if we want revolution of the People,

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by revolutionary means

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we will have to build
revolutionary organizations.

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Hello, did you hear?

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Hello?

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Police Headquarters
Province of Córdoba

00:39:30.263 --> 00:39:31.943
Light and Power Union

00:40:01.211 --> 00:40:03.446
The united People
will never be defeated.

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From this house, the rights of the workers
are defended.

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The workers, the students,
the CGT and the People,

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we are telling
the dictatorship and the system

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that despite all the repressions,
that despite all the Pampillons,

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the People are firm and determined
to build their destiny

00:40:57.993 --> 00:40:59.875
no matter how much repression
is applied.

00:41:00.508 --> 00:41:03.708
Tosco, Tosco!

00:41:04.180 --> 00:41:07.004
That is the path
that the working class must follow.

00:41:07.977 --> 00:41:10.913
That is the path
that the Argentine people,

00:41:10.997 --> 00:41:15.083
subjugated and humiliated
by this infamous dictatorship, must follow.

00:41:16.141 --> 00:41:19.445
So, this is a tribute
to Santiago Pampillón

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but it is also a ratification
of the continuity of our struggle.

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Continuity that arises
in Córdoba,

00:41:29.032 --> 00:41:30.712
that arises in Rosario,

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that arises in La Plata,

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and in different parts of the country.

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“Against the high cost of life
and for the freedom of political prisoners”

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A nation, not a colony!

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We are again
in front of the headquarters

00:42:25.956 --> 00:42:28.167
of 672 Deán Funes St.

00:42:28.261 --> 00:42:32.458
where the Light and Power Union
of Córdoba is located.

00:42:32.784 --> 00:42:34.337
On February 5,

00:42:34.948 --> 00:42:36.510
the National Executive Branch

00:42:36.578 --> 00:42:37.849
issued a Law

00:42:37.917 --> 00:42:40.458
placing this Union under Trusteeship.

00:42:41.558 --> 00:42:43.238
In a few minutes

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the designated authorities

00:42:46.034 --> 00:42:47.714
of the Ministry of Labour of the Nation

00:42:47.798 --> 00:42:50.210
will take charge of this Union.

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The bill

00:42:52.992 --> 00:42:54.917
submitted by the Secretary
of Labour of the Nation

00:42:54.985 --> 00:42:56.261
to President Onganía

00:42:56.329 --> 00:42:57.885
for the enactment of
the Law of Trusteeship

00:42:57.953 --> 00:42:58.953
states:

00:42:59.021 --> 00:43:00.701
the activities carried out

00:43:00.769 --> 00:43:02.667
by the Light and Power
Union of Córdoba

00:43:02.735 --> 00:43:04.213
specify the development

00:43:04.281 --> 00:43:07.000
of activities of
clearly subversive nature

00:43:07.276 --> 00:43:09.688
and are conclusively demonstrative

00:43:09.772 --> 00:43:11.398
that this professional association

00:43:11.466 --> 00:43:13.146
has distorted its purposes

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:15.397
by pursuing objectives very different

00:43:15.881 --> 00:43:18.234
from those that justified its creation

00:43:18.318 --> 00:43:20.671
and the granting
of trade union personality.

00:43:20.755 --> 00:43:23.047
It also states that this

00:43:23.696 --> 00:43:24.887
forces the Minister to act,

00:43:24.955 --> 00:43:26.508
to prevent

00:43:26.576 --> 00:43:29.208
the illegitimate use
of the trade union structure

00:43:29.276 --> 00:43:31.418
for the fulfillment of
purposes contrary

00:43:31.486 --> 00:43:33.721
to those of
an essential goal

00:43:33.789 --> 00:43:35.225
of the Argentinian Revolution,

00:43:35.293 --> 00:43:37.911
as is ensuring that
through trade union organizations,

00:43:37.979 --> 00:43:41.130
the defense of the rights
and interests of workers

00:43:41.198 --> 00:43:44.191
are in order and in accordance with
the current legal order.

00:43:48.959 --> 00:43:50.286
Mr. Manuel Palacios

00:43:50.354 --> 00:43:52.472
signs the appropriate minutes.

00:43:55.826 --> 00:43:58.021
We now interview
Mr. Manuel Palacios.

00:43:58.089 --> 00:43:59.089
Sir,

00:43:59.157 --> 00:44:01.216
what has been your public activity prior

00:44:01.284 --> 00:44:02.696
to this trusteeship?

00:44:02.764 --> 00:44:05.091
Well… I have been at the
merchant fleet of the State

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:06.630
in charge of Union advice

00:44:06.698 --> 00:44:08.122
so that I am
more or less connected

00:44:08.190 --> 00:44:10.042
with everything that is
union problems.

00:44:10.368 --> 00:44:11.833
What will be
the first actions

00:44:11.901 --> 00:44:13.450
you plan to take here?

00:44:14.125 --> 00:44:15.125
For now,

00:44:16.288 --> 00:44:19.458
clean the Union of
subversive banners.

00:44:20.507 --> 00:44:21.636
Second, welcome

00:44:21.704 --> 00:44:23.763
any affiliate who wants something

00:44:23.831 --> 00:44:25.511
from the Union.

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:27.638
And third, to continue, if possible,

00:44:28.146 --> 00:44:31.167
with all the social work
that the Union was doing,

00:44:31.828 --> 00:44:36.091
carrying or trying to direct this
towards its purely union purposes;

00:44:36.678 --> 00:44:38.383
which is what it should be, I think.

00:44:38.693 --> 00:44:40.177
You are aware, without a doubt,

00:44:40.245 --> 00:44:42.036
that the Union had ordered

00:44:42.104 --> 00:44:44.122
forceful measures

00:44:44.198 --> 00:44:45.875
and a struggle plan

00:44:46.029 --> 00:44:47.568
by virtue of the closure ordered.

00:44:47.636 --> 00:44:49.497
What actions do you intend to take
in response to this position?

00:44:49.565 --> 00:44:53.542
I think that since there is no conflict
between the workers and the company,

00:44:53.984 --> 00:44:57.375
this Trusteeship should totally
disavow this strike.

00:44:57.737 --> 00:44:59.161
The corresponding authority

00:44:59.229 --> 00:45:00.909
will declare it illegal or not

00:45:00.977 --> 00:45:02.683
if appropriate.

00:45:05.498 --> 00:45:09.250
A torch and lightning symbolize

00:45:09.779 --> 00:45:12.875
the emblem of our institution.

00:45:13.771 --> 00:45:17.208
Social conquests synthesize

00:45:17.803 --> 00:45:21.042
the power we have in the Union.

00:45:21.849 --> 00:45:25.292
Today triumphant, with love and sacrifice.

00:45:25.748 --> 00:45:29.208
“Light and Power”, with maternal zeal,

00:45:29.615 --> 00:45:33.292
always watches over
the good of their children,

00:45:33.537 --> 00:45:36.458
under the protection of trade union life.

00:45:38.180 --> 00:45:41.250
“Light and Power”, comrades,

00:45:41.922 --> 00:45:44.917
is our second home.

00:45:45.821 --> 00:45:49.500
We must be the first

00:45:49.727 --> 00:45:53.000
to promote respect for it.

00:45:53.659 --> 00:45:57.208
Another sacred mandate

00:45:57.511 --> 00:46:00.875
that we have to fulfill

00:46:00.987 --> 00:46:04.542
is that we must defend

00:46:04.956 --> 00:46:08.708
our beloved Union to death...!

00:46:17.182 --> 00:46:19.026
CGT demands freedom to Union,
student and political prisoners.

00:46:19.094 --> 00:46:21.674
Tomorrow's strike,
according to what people

00:46:21.742 --> 00:46:24.292
from the local CGT have decided,

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:25.560
is an active strike

00:46:25.958 --> 00:46:27.875
which means

00:46:28.112 --> 00:46:32.458
the physical presence of the worker
who leaves his workplace

00:46:33.155 --> 00:46:36.083
to publicly express
a protest.

00:46:39.034 --> 00:46:40.976
Only the struggle
of the workers

00:46:41.044 --> 00:46:44.695
can achieve the fundamental goals
for which we are fighting.

00:46:45.445 --> 00:46:47.094
Atilio López,
does tomorrow's strike

00:46:47.162 --> 00:46:49.930
maintain the characteristics
resolved in the last plenary?

00:46:49.998 --> 00:46:50.998
Indeed,

00:46:51.066 --> 00:46:53.966
from 10 AM
we will cease the activities,

00:46:54.147 --> 00:46:55.734
leave the workplaces

00:46:55.802 --> 00:46:59.385
and go to the CGT
to hold a public function

00:46:59.453 --> 00:47:00.664
on the balconies of the CGT.

00:47:00.732 --> 00:47:02.039
Scheduled for 11 AM.

00:47:02.107 --> 00:47:03.516
At 11 AM. Exactly.

00:47:03.584 --> 00:47:05.958
Has the CGT requested permission
or authorization from the government

00:47:06.026 --> 00:47:07.078
to carry out this act?

00:47:07.146 --> 00:47:08.826
Well, on this occasion

00:47:08.992 --> 00:47:11.792
I consider that permission
has not been requested

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:14.542
because we understand that we do not have
to request permission

00:47:14.778 --> 00:47:17.425
to express the allegations
of the labour movement

00:47:17.493 --> 00:47:19.317
against the ruling dictatorship.

00:47:19.659 --> 00:47:20.664
That is to say that permission

00:47:20.731 --> 00:47:22.500
will not be requested
from the government for this act.

00:47:22.568 --> 00:47:23.909
For this act, no.

00:47:23.977 --> 00:47:24.977
Mr. López,

00:47:25.045 --> 00:47:27.917
The causes that drive
this new cessation of activities,

00:47:27.985 --> 00:47:30.641
are the same those of the previous strike
or new causes are added?

00:47:30.709 --> 00:47:33.891
Exactly,
these are the same causes

00:47:33.959 --> 00:47:36.312
that the Confederal Central Committee
determined

00:47:36.540 --> 00:47:40.523
and even some problems
are added with respect to Córdoba

00:47:40.645 --> 00:47:43.292
in the Trusteeship
of the Oil Workers' Union

00:47:43.368 --> 00:47:45.839
and the Light and Power Union of Córdoba.

00:47:59.156 --> 00:48:00.969
General Confederation of Labour

00:48:10.495 --> 00:48:12.250
I just want to express

00:48:12.636 --> 00:48:14.458
as always:

00:48:14.901 --> 00:48:18.083
united, firmly united

00:48:18.206 --> 00:48:19.833
until we see

00:48:20.558 --> 00:48:23.583
our long-awaited aspirations achieved.

00:49:11.560 --> 00:49:13.113
Mechanics Union

00:49:13.795 --> 00:49:16.167
Police! Against the wall!

00:49:37.792 --> 00:49:38.792
Clear out!

00:52:52.878 --> 00:52:54.378
We believe that the University

00:52:54.446 --> 00:52:56.126
should not remain isolated

00:52:56.300 --> 00:52:57.885
from this process that opens up

00:52:57.953 --> 00:53:00.129
to fight for national liberation.

00:53:22.619 --> 00:53:24.343
A nation, not a colony!

00:54:22.555 --> 00:54:23.967
Down with the dictatorship!

00:54:24.051 --> 00:54:25.051
Down!

00:55:17.750 --> 00:55:20.167
Freedom for Tosco

00:56:20.008 --> 00:56:21.008
López,

00:56:21.092 --> 00:56:22.992
in a statement by
the President of the Nation,

00:56:23.060 --> 00:56:25.042
upon returning from Venezuela,

00:56:25.251 --> 00:56:28.413
he says that the government
will not tilt its determinations

00:56:28.481 --> 00:56:30.016
to the pressures of any sector.

00:56:30.084 --> 00:56:31.284
What does that tell you?

00:56:31.674 --> 00:56:34.203
Well, the labour movement
is pressing

00:56:34.521 --> 00:56:36.639
for the distressing economic
situation

00:56:36.707 --> 00:56:39.060
that the Argentine People
are going through.

00:56:39.199 --> 00:56:42.648
Undoubtedly, we do not believe
that the President of the Nation

00:56:42.730 --> 00:56:44.354
and his government team

00:56:44.422 --> 00:56:48.375
can be sensitive
to the just claim of the workers.

00:56:48.610 --> 00:56:50.669
Nevertheless,
we understand,

00:56:50.753 --> 00:56:53.375
and we have demonstrated this
on countless occasions,

00:56:53.521 --> 00:56:57.719
that only the permanent combative
attitude of the workers

00:56:57.813 --> 00:57:01.201
can twist the designs
of these anti-popular and oligarchic

00:57:01.285 --> 00:57:02.344
leaders.

00:57:03.208 --> 00:57:06.000
López, specifically,
what is the position of the CGT Córdoba?

00:57:06.068 --> 00:57:08.680
What would be the next step
of the Argentine labour movement?

00:57:08.748 --> 00:57:10.428
What is the concrete action?

00:57:10.839 --> 00:57:13.226
Well, we believe in the practical fact

00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:14.797
that it would be convenient

00:57:14.865 --> 00:57:17.531
to carry out a series of actions

00:57:17.711 --> 00:57:19.312
throughout the territory of the Nation

00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:23.011
with active strikes and culmination

00:57:23.079 --> 00:57:25.137
with an indefinite strike

00:57:25.229 --> 00:57:27.258
until we achieve our goal.

00:57:27.326 --> 00:57:29.006
Thank you, López, very kind.

00:57:40.042 --> 00:57:43.417
{\an8}May 29, 1969

01:00:58.672 --> 01:01:01.084
I repeat, 10 AM
and the departure

01:01:01.168 --> 01:01:04.958
of all the workers begins,
which will be approximately 5,000

01:01:05.188 --> 01:01:09.167
and they all leave
towards Vélez Sarsfield Square

01:01:09.336 --> 01:01:11.630
where the rally will take place.

01:01:13.118 --> 01:01:14.118
You see,

01:01:14.202 --> 01:01:16.143
after half an hour
of deliberation,

01:01:16.227 --> 01:01:19.323
the workers have decided
to go the route.

01:01:19.391 --> 01:01:21.015
A lot of people in motorbikes.

01:01:21.099 --> 01:01:24.685
They are all leaving, I repeat,
towards Vélez Sarsfield Square

01:01:25.118 --> 01:01:27.417
where the rally will take place.

01:01:27.680 --> 01:01:29.974
The caravan starts and we

01:01:30.058 --> 01:01:32.625
are going with them towards
Vélez Sarsfield Square.

01:01:32.868 --> 01:01:35.456
They tell us that they will stop
at Molino Centenario.

01:01:35.540 --> 01:01:36.881
We continue with them.

01:01:39.930 --> 01:01:41.610
We see the first barricade.

01:01:41.758 --> 01:01:44.346
We are 15 blocks
from downtown.

01:01:44.821 --> 01:01:46.091
The caravan continues.

01:01:51.336 --> 01:01:53.516
We see a group of protesters

01:01:53.735 --> 01:01:57.750
tearing down a bus stop.

01:01:58.383 --> 01:02:02.833
That is what we can
distinguish from here.

01:02:03.219 --> 01:02:05.749
Basically, this would be
the first disorder

01:02:06.917 --> 01:02:08.597
around noon in Córdoba Province.

01:02:13.118 --> 01:02:18.625
The caravan, even though
one group has withdrawn,

01:02:19.011 --> 01:02:23.250
continues towards
Vélez Sarsfield Square.

01:02:23.417 --> 01:02:24.758
We continue with them.

01:02:24.958 --> 01:02:27.625
Municipality of Córdoba

01:03:15.534 --> 01:03:18.375
Perón, Perón!

01:03:48.250 --> 01:03:50.086
Kaiser Industries Argentina.
Renault

01:03:59.719 --> 01:04:03.359
Escalada Textile.
Peronist workers.

01:04:03.583 --> 01:04:05.136
With Evita and with Perón.

01:04:05.204 --> 01:04:07.542
I will give you,

01:04:07.938 --> 01:04:11.750
I'll give you beautiful Homeland,

01:04:12.167 --> 01:04:15.333
I will give you one thing,

01:04:15.737 --> 01:04:18.208
one thing that begins with a P…

01:04:18.433 --> 01:04:19.433
Perón!

01:04:20.112 --> 01:04:21.171
The trade union bureaucracy

01:04:21.708 --> 01:04:23.500
is going to end,

01:04:23.886 --> 01:04:26.607
is going to end.

01:04:26.675 --> 01:04:27.734
The trade union bureaucracy

01:04:28.308 --> 01:04:29.833
is going to end,

01:04:29.948 --> 01:04:32.427
is going to end.

01:04:32.495 --> 01:04:33.833
Córdoba demands

01:04:33.901 --> 01:04:35.243
the national strike.

01:04:35.792 --> 01:04:36.792
Córdoba demands

01:04:37.342 --> 01:04:38.683
the national strike.

01:08:46.282 --> 01:08:47.382
Unity

01:08:47.450 --> 01:08:48.777
of workers,

01:08:49.454 --> 01:08:52.542
and those who do not like it,
can fuck off… fuck off.

01:08:57.670 --> 01:09:00.958
The united People
will never be defeated.

01:09:13.873 --> 01:09:14.873
Unity

01:09:14.957 --> 01:09:16.369
of workers,

01:09:16.904 --> 01:09:20.042
and those who do not like it,
can fuck off… fuck off.

01:09:47.447 --> 01:09:48.506
Come on, come on…!

01:09:50.404 --> 01:09:51.864
Infantry Guard of Córdoba

01:10:30.094 --> 01:10:31.859
Fuck you!

01:11:43.664 --> 01:11:46.667
Hey, watch out for the comrades!

01:12:43.006 --> 01:12:46.281
Words are unnecessary
and images are eloquent.

01:12:47.287 --> 01:12:48.346
Rioja Street,

01:12:49.709 --> 01:12:51.389
the police retreating...

01:12:53.256 --> 01:12:56.875
they throw wood
to cause the bonfires.

01:12:57.631 --> 01:13:01.068
As is known, the bonfire
is a means of inhibiting

01:13:01.271 --> 01:13:03.389
the action of tear gas.

01:13:06.875 --> 01:13:09.151
The different guilds
have been divided

01:13:09.219 --> 01:13:11.690
in different parts
of the City of Córdoba

01:13:12.149 --> 01:13:14.545
to carry out these acts,
simultaneously,

01:13:15.417 --> 01:13:17.875
in a flash way,

01:13:19.313 --> 01:13:22.000
to avoid police action.

01:13:23.618 --> 01:13:28.583
Tear gas canisters
continue to explode.

01:13:39.649 --> 01:13:40.649
The climate

01:13:40.733 --> 01:13:42.413
throughout the city of Córdoba

01:13:42.497 --> 01:13:43.767
is similar to this one.

01:13:45.211 --> 01:13:49.542
Tear gas is falling
on the entire city.

01:13:50.282 --> 01:13:51.693
Get out of there, kid!

01:14:01.506 --> 01:14:05.042
This is the capital of Córdoba.

01:14:05.521 --> 01:14:08.417
Midtown.
Rivera Indarte and Rioja St.

01:14:08.771 --> 01:14:12.103
Here, the workers of a metallurgical company
have barricaded

01:14:12.187 --> 01:14:13.740
and lit fires.

01:14:13.824 --> 01:14:17.190
The police are now
backing away from this place.

01:14:17.282 --> 01:14:19.164
So far
there are two injured.

01:14:19.319 --> 01:14:21.848
Flores, shot
in his right leg.

01:14:22.460 --> 01:14:25.792
Hernández, wounded in his shoulder.
Both hospitalized in serious condition.

01:14:25.916 --> 01:14:28.092
I think there is one more injured.
Is there?

01:14:28.176 --> 01:14:30.059
Three injured so far.

01:14:31.292 --> 01:14:34.208
Corner of Rivadavia and Catamarca.

01:14:34.878 --> 01:14:36.635
Since very early in the morning,

01:14:36.703 --> 01:14:38.299
many trucks of the Municipality

01:14:38.367 --> 01:14:39.496
have been assigned

01:14:39.564 --> 01:14:42.339
to the Police of Córdoba,
the Federal Police

01:14:42.407 --> 01:14:44.087
and also, to Border Patrol

01:14:44.155 --> 01:14:46.338
and they are patrolling the entire
city of Córdoba

01:14:46.406 --> 01:14:47.747
with machine guns.

01:14:48.143 --> 01:14:51.532
However, at 11 AM,
the workers have left their jobs

01:14:51.811 --> 01:14:54.105
and have come through different avenues

01:14:54.173 --> 01:14:56.996
very well organized
towards the centre of the city

01:14:57.237 --> 01:15:00.875
taking over different sectors,
like this one, for example.

01:15:02.628 --> 01:15:04.018
They have expanded
in such a way

01:15:04.086 --> 01:15:05.565
throughout the city of Córdoba

01:15:05.633 --> 01:15:06.692
that the police,

01:15:07.388 --> 01:15:10.292
even with the help
of the trucks of the Municipality,

01:15:10.360 --> 01:15:12.565
cannot cope to counteract

01:15:12.855 --> 01:15:14.678
this action that we are seeing.

01:15:15.149 --> 01:15:16.226
On that corner

01:15:16.294 --> 01:15:19.208
along one of the side streets

01:15:20.313 --> 01:15:23.219
a Police platoon

01:15:25.508 --> 01:15:27.061
with tear gas

01:15:27.145 --> 01:15:28.416
is approaching.

01:15:30.321 --> 01:15:31.662
This is the panorama

01:15:31.829 --> 01:15:33.770
present in the city of Córdoba

01:15:34.274 --> 01:15:37.833
on May 29, 1969

01:15:38.063 --> 01:15:39.063
at noon.

01:15:52.438 --> 01:15:53.438
University,

01:15:54.042 --> 01:15:55.453
of the workers,

01:15:56.042 --> 01:15:57.524
and those who do not like it,

01:15:57.608 --> 01:15:59.458
can fuck off, fuck off.

01:16:10.305 --> 01:16:11.305
Comrades,

01:16:15.305 --> 01:16:16.305
comrades.

01:16:17.860 --> 01:16:19.133
the Body of Delegates

01:16:19.201 --> 01:16:20.328
and the Internal Commission

01:16:20.396 --> 01:16:22.076
requests that the occupation

01:16:22.156 --> 01:16:24.509
be approved until
we are given a solution

01:16:24.577 --> 01:16:26.750
to the different problems
we have raised.

01:16:26.818 --> 01:16:27.818
Nothing else!

01:16:29.205 --> 01:16:30.305
Come on, come on!

01:18:38.589 --> 01:18:39.589
Hey, Lean!

01:20:37.279 --> 01:20:38.720
Stop, comrades!

01:24:17.558 --> 01:24:19.750
Freedom, freedom!

01:26:12.476 --> 01:26:14.254
The united People

01:26:14.322 --> 01:26:15.664
will never be defeated!

01:27:47.021 --> 01:27:49.000
Against the wall!

01:30:44.023 --> 01:30:45.875
Sons of bitches!

01:31:24.375 --> 01:31:25.375
XEROX

01:32:03.750 --> 01:32:06.208
Fire Division

01:34:56.993 --> 01:34:58.667
CITROEN

01:35:26.458 --> 01:35:27.800
Oriental Bakery

01:37:32.068 --> 01:37:34.083
Alvear and Lima St.,

01:37:34.592 --> 01:37:36.272
a store catching fire

01:37:37.498 --> 01:37:40.107
and the tear gas
that floats in the air

01:37:40.175 --> 01:37:41.516
adds to the smoke

01:37:42.125 --> 01:37:43.466
of these fires.

01:37:43.857 --> 01:37:45.681
Just 100 meters from here,
there,

01:37:46.414 --> 01:37:49.917
the police warn with tear gas.

01:37:51.013 --> 01:37:52.013
Alvear Street.

01:37:52.097 --> 01:37:55.792
A picket of galloping policemen
approaches.

01:37:57.092 --> 01:38:01.083
People flee through
the side streets.

01:38:01.732 --> 01:38:03.242
They throw stones

01:38:03.310 --> 01:38:05.300
and this is the usual spectacle
at this time

01:38:05.367 --> 01:38:08.083
in the city of Córdoba.

01:38:31.912 --> 01:38:34.250
Argentina, Argentina!

01:38:48.818 --> 01:38:50.497
Noticiero 13
in the city of Córdoba.

01:38:50.565 --> 01:38:52.060
On the main avenue

01:38:52.128 --> 01:38:54.216
that gives access to the radius
of the capital city

01:38:54.284 --> 01:38:56.755
at a time when
the Army makes its entrance

01:38:56.823 --> 01:38:59.482
to take over
the situation in the city.

01:38:59.550 --> 01:39:02.583
These are members of the
School of Airborne Troops

01:39:02.665 --> 01:39:04.371
under the command of General Carcagno

01:39:04.759 --> 01:39:06.083
who a few minutes ago

01:39:06.151 --> 01:39:07.775
left the Unit

01:39:07.843 --> 01:39:10.083
in which they are settled,

01:39:10.151 --> 01:39:12.352
following orders,

01:39:12.420 --> 01:39:16.695
to take charge of the situation

01:39:16.763 --> 01:39:18.443
in the city of Córdoba.

01:39:18.527 --> 01:39:19.527
That is to say,

01:39:19.611 --> 01:39:21.133
a similar situation
to the one that occurred

01:39:21.201 --> 01:39:23.141
a few days ago has arisen

01:39:23.209 --> 01:39:24.389
in the city of Rosario.

01:39:24.505 --> 01:39:26.129
These are the members

01:39:26.197 --> 01:39:28.917
of the School of
Airborne Troops

01:39:29.075 --> 01:39:32.708
headquartered on the way to La Calera,
kilometer 8 and a half.

01:39:33.180 --> 01:39:34.180
We repeat,

01:39:34.264 --> 01:39:36.682
this is the first Army unit

01:39:36.750 --> 01:39:37.750
that approaches

01:39:37.834 --> 01:39:39.776
to make its entrance
into the city

01:39:40.141 --> 01:39:43.083
and take control of it;

01:39:43.243 --> 01:39:45.948
as a result of the fact that the
capital and provincial police

01:39:46.583 --> 01:39:50.435
were not enough to
control all the outbreaks of agitation

01:39:50.503 --> 01:39:53.403
that are occurring,
according to a statement

01:39:53.487 --> 01:39:55.737
from the Third Army Corps
Command itself,

01:39:55.805 --> 01:39:57.750
in different parts
of the capital city.

01:39:59.042 --> 01:40:03.375
More vehicles are approaching
in which officers,

01:40:03.441 --> 01:40:05.682
non-commissioned officers can be seen

01:40:05.750 --> 01:40:07.430
and now ultimately,

01:40:07.514 --> 01:40:09.514
trucks
and buses with the troops

01:40:09.833 --> 01:40:13.617
that (we repeat) belong to the
School of Airborne Troops,

01:40:14.167 --> 01:40:16.755
the first military unit
that, following orders

01:40:16.839 --> 01:40:19.192
from the Third Army
Corps Command

01:40:19.833 --> 01:40:23.123
arrives in the city entering
through this main artery

01:40:23.191 --> 01:40:25.073
to take charge of the situation.

01:40:25.141 --> 01:40:28.042
Meanwhile,
flying over the sky of Córdoba,

01:40:28.198 --> 01:40:31.530
reconnaissance planes
of the Military Aviation School.

01:40:39.300 --> 01:40:42.375
45 Jeeps, 15 trucks,

01:40:43.823 --> 01:40:47.458
2 buses and 3 private cars.

01:40:47.878 --> 01:40:50.172
This is the caravan
in which the School of Airborne Troops

01:40:50.240 --> 01:40:52.475
is driving

01:40:53.292 --> 01:40:57.542
that is making its entrance
through Colón Avenue at 3100

01:40:57.784 --> 01:40:59.337
into the city of Córdoba

01:40:59.421 --> 01:41:01.421
to take charge
of the situation.

01:41:01.612 --> 01:41:04.512
This is an exclusive
scoop of Noticiero 13

01:41:05.198 --> 01:41:08.643
because it is the very moment
in which the first unit of the army

01:41:09.370 --> 01:41:11.606
makes its entrance
to the city of Córdoba.

01:41:12.253 --> 01:41:15.750
Following orders
from General Sánchez Lahoz,

01:41:16.253 --> 01:41:19.980
units of the Argentine Army
will take charge of the situation

01:41:20.064 --> 01:41:23.076
since the police
have proved powerless

01:41:23.144 --> 01:41:26.875
to maintain order
in the radius of the capital city.

01:43:49.237 --> 01:43:52.137
Some shots are fired,
from right to left,

01:43:52.221 --> 01:43:53.563
from snipers.

01:43:53.647 --> 01:43:56.529
I'm in that position
to try to locate them.

01:43:56.613 --> 01:43:59.025
I’m asking for orders, do I return
to the military battery

01:43:59.100 --> 01:44:01.453
or stay in the post
where I am, over.

01:44:02.162 --> 01:44:05.274
Understood, my captain.
I will ask.

01:44:05.342 --> 01:44:06.500
Over and out.

01:44:21.967 --> 01:44:25.581
We are on the corner of
Santa Rosa and Olegario Correa Streets.

01:44:25.665 --> 01:44:28.083
That is, 20 blocks
in a straight line to the centre

01:44:28.151 --> 01:44:29.521
of the city of Córdoba.

01:44:29.589 --> 01:44:32.372
At this moment, the troops
under the command of General Carcagno

01:44:32.440 --> 01:44:34.911
of the Airborne Forces
of Córdoba,

01:44:34.979 --> 01:44:36.896
are approaching
the centre of the city

01:44:36.964 --> 01:44:39.193
to regain the order
that the Federal and Provincial

01:44:39.261 --> 01:44:42.450
Police together with Border Patrol,
have not been able to achieve.

01:44:42.518 --> 01:44:44.824
The officer in charge of this
operation is with us.

01:44:44.892 --> 01:44:45.908
Excuse me, officer.

01:44:45.976 --> 01:44:47.855
What are you
waiting for right now?

01:44:47.923 --> 01:44:53.387
At this moment I have
nothing to say.

01:44:53.455 --> 01:44:55.078
Sorry, thank you very much.

01:44:55.686 --> 01:45:00.708
Soldiers await orders
to approach the city centre.

01:45:00.797 --> 01:45:06.833
Armed with bayonet rifles
they advance down Olegario Correa Street.

01:45:21.318 --> 01:45:25.865
Now the soldiers are advancing
down Olegario Correa Street

01:45:26.092 --> 01:45:30.693
next to the walls
for fear of projectiles

01:45:30.763 --> 01:45:32.705
thrown in the centre of the street.

01:45:32.789 --> 01:45:35.990
They are heavily armed

01:45:36.625 --> 01:45:41.875
and their goal is to reach the centre
to impose order

01:45:42.055 --> 01:45:44.955
that has not been achieved
all day today.

01:45:51.860 --> 01:45:54.566
Planes are flying over
the city of Córdoba

01:45:54.852 --> 01:45:57.542
surely scouting the terrain.

01:45:57.860 --> 01:46:01.125
Meanwhile, the heavily armed
soldiers,

01:46:01.414 --> 01:46:06.250
advance down Olegario Correa Street
towards downtown.

01:46:08.227 --> 01:46:09.898
We are not at the centre of Córdoba.

01:46:09.966 --> 01:46:12.613
We are on the periphery
of the centre of Córdoba.

01:46:12.905 --> 01:46:16.542
However,
the barricades, the groups of civilians,

01:46:16.735 --> 01:46:17.864
the strikers,

01:46:18.110 --> 01:46:19.733
show even here.

01:46:22.516 --> 01:46:26.917
Scene repeated in the
streets of Córdoba

01:46:26.977 --> 01:46:29.208
on Friday morning.

01:46:31.454 --> 01:46:33.792
The same scenes and sounds.

01:46:47.750 --> 01:46:48.750
Shoot!

01:46:56.899 --> 01:46:58.522
This episode has repeated itself

01:46:58.606 --> 01:47:00.665
every few minutes

01:47:01.542 --> 01:47:04.071
this morning
since dawn.

01:47:06.907 --> 01:47:09.377
The soldiers do not allow
anyone

01:47:09.954 --> 01:47:12.109
to look out of the windows
of the buildings

01:47:12.177 --> 01:47:18.333
because they assume that
they are being shot from there.

01:47:22.097 --> 01:47:26.333
It's 11 AM
on Friday, May 30

01:47:26.909 --> 01:47:29.203
in the heart of the
city of Córdoba.

01:47:30.458 --> 01:47:36.042
Second day of the strike ordered
by the CGT of Córdoba

01:47:37.198 --> 01:47:38.610
in its two branches.

01:47:39.948 --> 01:47:42.917
Yesterday, from 11 AM

01:47:43.917 --> 01:47:46.564
the workers left
their workplaces

01:47:46.648 --> 01:47:50.092
and marched towards
downtown.

01:47:50.269 --> 01:47:53.815
This led to anticipated clashes
with the security forces

01:47:54.292 --> 01:47:58.162
that until then
were only in charge

01:47:58.230 --> 01:48:00.406
of the capital and provincial police.

01:48:01.250 --> 01:48:04.583
There were backups
from the National Border Patrol

01:48:05.019 --> 01:48:08.463
but as the hours passed
the situation became so intense

01:48:08.547 --> 01:48:09.889
and so serious

01:48:10.320 --> 01:48:14.951
that it was necessary to resort
to the units of the Argentinian Army

01:48:15.019 --> 01:48:16.642
headquartered in Córdoba.

01:48:17.292 --> 01:48:19.115
These that we see here
belong

01:48:19.199 --> 01:48:21.552
to the School of
Airborne Troops;

01:48:22.250 --> 01:48:24.544
a unit headquartered
on the way to La Calera

01:48:24.995 --> 01:48:26.936
that has taken over
the city

01:48:27.020 --> 01:48:30.708
since yesterday
at approximately 5 PM.

01:48:31.800 --> 01:48:34.958
The night before
was very tense.

01:48:36.714 --> 01:48:38.394
There were sporadic shootings

01:48:38.478 --> 01:48:42.583
and for almost three hours
the city was totally dark.

01:48:43.026 --> 01:48:45.262
The silence was tempered
more than once

01:48:45.708 --> 01:48:47.261
by numerous shootings.

01:48:48.083 --> 01:48:49.763
The Army troops

01:48:49.958 --> 01:48:52.076
searched and are still looking
at this moment

01:48:52.160 --> 01:48:55.209
for the snipers who
have not mown their activity

01:48:55.293 --> 01:48:57.823
since the early hours
of last night.

01:48:58.818 --> 01:49:00.498
At this moment,
we reiterate,

01:49:00.917 --> 01:49:03.417
we are in the heart
of the city of Córdoba.

01:49:03.554 --> 01:49:06.201
Colón Avenue, between
Sucre and Jujuy streets.

01:49:06.638 --> 01:49:11.102
These troops are heading
towards the corner of this avenue

01:49:11.170 --> 01:49:14.070
and Marcelo T. de Alvear St.,
known in Córdoba

01:49:14.154 --> 01:49:17.352
as the corner of the Cañada
where, it is believed,

01:49:17.420 --> 01:49:19.537
there may be,
within a few minutes,

01:49:19.826 --> 01:49:21.026
a confrontation

01:49:21.110 --> 01:49:23.286
because a demonstration
or column of civilians

01:49:23.370 --> 01:49:26.375
is expected to arrive
at that corner

01:49:26.516 --> 01:49:31.083
and the Army units
are willing to stop them.

01:49:32.516 --> 01:49:34.734
This activity that we observe
at this moment

01:49:34.802 --> 01:49:38.458
is uninterrupted since yesterday
at 5 PM,

01:49:38.618 --> 01:49:42.792
the time when the Army units
entered the city.

01:49:43.953 --> 01:49:48.292
Trucks, carriers, Jeeps,
soldiers with machine guns,

01:49:49.667 --> 01:49:52.458
cannons, bazookas,

01:49:53.454 --> 01:49:55.134
and all the elements that

01:49:55.833 --> 01:49:59.052
this unit of paratroopers
has for their movement

01:49:59.417 --> 01:50:03.375
are being used to prevent
and repress incidents.

01:50:03.618 --> 01:50:06.780
At the same time, the War Councils
are operating

01:50:07.180 --> 01:50:09.117
in accordance with
the authorizing law

01:50:09.185 --> 01:50:12.583
and all persons who were arrested

01:50:12.905 --> 01:50:14.846
caught in acts of looting

01:50:15.237 --> 01:50:16.237
incidents,

01:50:16.321 --> 01:50:17.451
rallies,

01:50:17.667 --> 01:50:19.347
or order disruption
will be tried.

01:50:19.878 --> 01:50:21.937
We are approaching
the place

01:50:22.021 --> 01:50:23.701
where the troops converge

01:50:23.785 --> 01:50:25.126
and where, we repeat,

01:50:25.210 --> 01:50:27.092
it is believed that, any time now,

01:50:27.176 --> 01:50:29.427
an incident may occur

01:50:29.495 --> 01:50:31.613
that we hope will not be
of huge proportions.

01:50:32.708 --> 01:50:35.159
Throughout the night
there have been fires

01:50:35.227 --> 01:50:36.708
in different parts of the city.

01:50:36.776 --> 01:50:40.346
The most important one
almost totally destroyed

01:50:40.542 --> 01:50:42.424
the Bus Terminal Station,

01:50:43.208 --> 01:50:47.677
a work under construction in front
of the General Mitre Railway Station

01:50:47.745 --> 01:50:49.425
that was not yet completed.

01:50:50.167 --> 01:50:52.088
The flames of that fire

01:50:52.245 --> 01:50:54.625
lit up Córdoba´s night

01:50:55.058 --> 01:50:56.738
throughout its course

01:50:57.292 --> 01:51:00.542
making a marked contrast

01:51:00.659 --> 01:51:02.339
with the ambient darkness.

01:51:03.417 --> 01:51:06.317
Sporadic shootings in different
areas of the city

01:51:06.625 --> 01:51:09.833
and the incursion, minutes
after 12 PM,

01:51:10.026 --> 01:51:14.096
of aeronautical troops to take over
the Nueva Córdoba neighbourhood

01:51:14.448 --> 01:51:16.958
were an outstanding activity
last night.

01:51:17.150 --> 01:51:23.208
There were also acts of predation,
looting, fires and acts of pillage

01:51:23.394 --> 01:51:26.833
in different places where,
logically due to the extension of the city,

01:51:27.100 --> 01:51:32.625
the troops of the Army, the Aeronautics
and the Police, could not cover them.

01:51:33.420 --> 01:51:38.167
This is the panorama at 11 AM
in the city of Córdoba.

01:51:40.154 --> 01:51:43.375
In the next editions
Noticiero 13 and Telenoche

01:51:43.709 --> 01:51:46.875
we will continue to offer this panorama

01:51:47.146 --> 01:51:49.667
of what happens today Friday

01:51:49.982 --> 01:51:51.662
in the city of Córdoba.

01:52:02.685 --> 01:52:05.375
Colón Avenue and Neuquén St.

01:52:06.021 --> 01:52:07.482
Despite the climate of tranquility

01:52:07.550 --> 01:52:09.279
that we have seen in other
areas of the city,

01:52:09.347 --> 01:52:15.583
at this moment they are transferring
six young people arrested

01:52:16.167 --> 01:52:19.112
for some reason that we do not know
but that is obviously

01:52:19.180 --> 01:52:23.000
related to the events
that Córdoba has experienced.

01:52:23.706 --> 01:52:27.000
The detainees go with their hands
on the back of their necks

01:52:27.089 --> 01:52:31.875
in the usual way that people
suspected of carrying weapons are taken

01:52:32.073 --> 01:52:39.583
although they have previously been checked
and aggressive elements have been removed.

01:54:09.073 --> 01:54:12.299
This is the last shot we can
do in the city of Córdoba

01:54:12.367 --> 01:54:14.057
since there are very few
moments left

01:54:14.125 --> 01:54:15.565
before the curfew
that was brought forward

01:54:15.633 --> 01:54:16.692
to 5 PM

01:54:16.760 --> 01:54:17.760
begins.

01:54:18.461 --> 01:54:20.667
That is, at 5 PM no one
will be able to go out on the street

01:54:20.735 --> 01:54:22.735
because it is absolutely prohibited.

01:54:22.976 --> 01:54:26.112
We are on this corner of Colón Avenue…
what is the name of this street?

01:54:26.180 --> 01:54:27.239
Vieytes (north)

01:54:27.986 --> 01:54:30.810
…22 blocks from downtown
by pure chance.

01:54:31.050 --> 01:54:33.643
Our car, coming from the
airport, punctured,

01:54:33.711 --> 01:54:36.471
punctured a tire as a result
of the numerous glasses

01:54:36.539 --> 01:54:38.892
that are at all intersections

01:54:38.960 --> 01:54:40.666
of the whole city of Córdoba.

01:54:40.734 --> 01:54:43.440
That is, not only downtown
but also, in the periphery

01:54:43.508 --> 01:54:45.188
as is this corner.

01:54:45.256 --> 01:54:46.698
Here, you see a barricade…

01:54:46.766 --> 01:54:47.971
Would you please move away?

01:54:48.039 --> 01:54:49.521
A barricade, fire.

01:54:49.816 --> 01:54:52.081
Recently, very close, there were gunshots.

01:54:52.236 --> 01:54:54.177
I have heard it said that it is very likely

01:54:54.245 --> 01:54:56.500
that the bullets were inside
the fire itself.

01:54:57.426 --> 01:54:59.106
I don't know if you can see.

01:55:00.652 --> 01:55:02.693
About 10 blocks from here,

01:55:02.884 --> 01:55:05.224
there are two cars on fire.

01:55:05.842 --> 01:55:07.724
One of them, a white Citroën.

01:55:08.708 --> 01:55:10.906
We no longer have time
to continue reporting

01:55:10.974 --> 01:55:12.739
on what is happening in Córdoba

01:55:12.807 --> 01:55:14.748
but the images are eloquent.

01:56:12.961 --> 01:56:14.741
Directorate of Urban Hygiene

01:57:18.180 --> 01:57:20.298
This is the room
where all detainees

01:57:20.366 --> 01:57:24.458
are housed
at the disposal of the Court Martial.

01:57:25.157 --> 01:57:27.921
It is a dependency of this unit
where the

01:57:28.005 --> 01:57:30.358
Third Army Corps
Command operates.

01:57:31.458 --> 01:57:33.255
All these people
have been arrested

01:57:33.323 --> 01:57:35.771
during the events
that occurred in Córdoba

01:57:35.839 --> 01:57:37.463
on Thursday and Friday;

01:57:37.531 --> 01:57:40.295
and they are to be judged
by the Court Martial.

01:57:42.042 --> 01:57:44.806
The detainee who is
just 20 meters

01:57:44.890 --> 01:57:47.008
from our camera and
our microphone

01:57:47.333 --> 01:57:49.451
with his hands placed
on the back of his neck

01:57:49.535 --> 01:57:50.880
is the Union leader

01:57:50.948 --> 01:57:54.292
Elpidio Torres,
General Secretary of SMATA,

01:57:54.342 --> 01:57:59.417
Union of Mechanics and Allied
Automotive Transport.

01:58:00.178 --> 01:58:03.708
He is about to be transferred to another location
in this unit.

01:58:04.162 --> 01:58:07.036
He is now going to board
an army truck

01:58:07.373 --> 01:58:09.079
guarded by two sentries

01:58:09.163 --> 01:58:11.222
armed with machine guns.

01:58:11.599 --> 01:58:14.156
Elpidio Torres together with
Agustín Tosco

01:58:14.224 --> 01:58:18.560
are the two Union leaders
at the level of General Secretaries

01:58:18.818 --> 01:58:20.877
who have been arrested
the day before

01:58:21.292 --> 01:58:25.610
by Army troops
and subjected to the action

01:58:25.678 --> 01:58:27.358
of the Court Martial.

01:58:27.513 --> 01:58:30.396
Tosco has already been sentenced
to 8 years in prison

01:58:30.500 --> 01:58:33.333
and Elpidio Torres has not yet
been tried.

01:58:36.042 --> 01:58:38.542
Noticiero 13 settled
with its cameras

01:58:39.083 --> 01:58:42.020
at the headquarters of the
Third Army Corps Command.

01:58:59.175 --> 01:59:01.500
Window to Home.

01:59:06.597 --> 01:59:08.009
Good morning, madam.

01:59:08.605 --> 01:59:10.919
How hard and difficult
it is sometimes

01:59:11.076 --> 01:59:15.208
to raise the song of hope
that means a new day.

01:59:18.888 --> 01:59:19.888
Last night,

01:59:19.972 --> 01:59:22.909
as I walked crying
among the smoking remains

01:59:23.208 --> 01:59:25.208
and some still burning focus,

01:59:25.833 --> 01:59:28.539
when only
a few screams and a few shots

01:59:29.013 --> 01:59:31.913
broke the silence imposed
by the curfew,

01:59:32.458 --> 01:59:33.458
I wondered

01:59:33.771 --> 01:59:36.671
how our daily communication
was going to begin today.

01:59:37.417 --> 01:59:39.097
And I wept for the fallen

01:59:39.334 --> 01:59:40.334
for Córdoba,

01:59:40.418 --> 01:59:41.418
for peace,

01:59:41.502 --> 01:59:42.631
for justice.

01:59:42.715 --> 01:59:47.333
And today I find a little encouragement
in the midst of misfortune

01:59:47.615 --> 01:59:51.375
because all violence for us,
simple spirits,

01:59:51.633 --> 01:59:52.833
is a misfortune.

01:59:53.172 --> 01:59:55.408
We will continue talking shortly,
madam.

01:59:55.667 --> 01:59:57.742
It's 8:07 AM

01:59:58.172 --> 02:00:01.675
The temperature in Córdoba
today, May 30

02:00:01.743 --> 02:00:03.542
is 14 degrees.