''Cabildo'' is an

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magazine which is considered the main press organ of

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in the country. First published in the 1970s and then inactive during most of the 1990s, the magazine has become notorious for its

xenophobic Xenophobia (from (), 'strange, foreign, or alien', and (), 'fear') is the fear or dislike of anything that is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression that is based on the perception that a conflict exists between an in-gr ...

and

anti-Semitic Antisemitism or Jew-hatred is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism depends on the school of thought. Antisemi ...

editorial line.

History

The first issue of ''Cabildo'' was published on 17 May 1973, eight days before the democratically elected

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Héctor Cámpora Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek ''ékhein'', m ...

took office after several years of military

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. The founders were far-right intellectuals. During the initial stage the magazine consistently demanded the return to military rule through a new

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. Not long afterwards, President Cámpora resigned, leaving the way open for

Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and Statesman (politician), statesman who served as the History of Argentina (1946-1955), 29th president of Argentina from 1946 to Revolución Libertad ...

to return to the country from exile and be elected president. After Perón's death, the government of his wife and vice-president

Isabel Perón Isabel Martínez de Perón (, born María Estela Martínez Cartas; 4 February 1931) is an Argentine politician who served as the 41st president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the List of elected and appointed female heads of s ...

ordered ''Cabildo'' to be closed down on three occasions.Jorge Saborido, 2004
El antisemitismo en la Historia argentina reciente: la revista Cabildo y la conspiración judía
And finally it was closed in 1975. The magazine returned in August 1976 after the military coup that started the

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, and became almost regularly a monthly publication. The June 1977 issue, however, was retired from circulation by the government, and the July issue was cancelled, because ''Cabildo'' had covered the

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of journalist

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, which the dictatorship wanted to pass as a legal detention. The magazine was notoriously anti-Semitic and supported the idea of a global

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conspiracy and blamed

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s in Argentina for the violence of left-wing

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insurgents, employing common

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s of Jews and well-known

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to accuse Jews of funding

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organizations.Marguerite Feitlowitz, quoted by Leonardo Senkman, 1989
El antisemitismo en la Argentina
''Cabildo'' continued being published after the return to democratic rule in 1983. Among its frequent collaborators was General

Ramón Camps Ramón Juan Alberto Camps (25 January 1927 – 22 August 1994) was an Argentina, Argentine general and the head of the Buenos Aires Provincial Police during the National Reorganization Process (1976–1983), or, the military dictatorship. Altho ...

, who lead the

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and was responsible for committing multiple crimes (including 32 murders), for which he was eventually amnestied. Since 1989, the critical economic situation of Argentina caused the magazine to be released irregularly. In 1991, it was discontinued but restarted in 1998 with a part of the original staff and some new collaborators.

References

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