Influencias internacionales para una Argentina democrática: Los Estados Unidos y el papel de los derechos humanos

INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES FOR A DEMOCRATIC ARGENTINA: THE UNITES STATES AND THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. This study examines the international premises that facilitated Argentina's democratization, focusing on the period of the Carter administration and the Videla dictatorship. While internal dynamics primarily drove the democratization process, this paper explores the international factors that influenced the transition. Specifically, it analyses the impact of President Carter's human rights policies (1977-1981) on Argentina's political context. The research draws on both existing literature and primary sources from archives such as Foreign Relations of the United States Archive, The National Archives, and Argentina's Archivo Histórico de Cancillería. By studying the roles of the Argentine military regime and the Carter administration, this paper aims to demonstrate how international human rights policy became one of the external premises that contributed to Argentina's democratization process.