Rico provoked controversy over the Bicentennial weekend when he attended Saturday’s Independence anniversary parade on Del Libertador Avenue in BA City, a move repudiated by leading veterans organizations including the MECOMA group for conscripted Malvinas War veterans. Defence Minister Julio Martínez, a Radical (UCR) leader like Alfonsín, said he was not aware that Rico would be in attendance. Thursday, July 14, 2016 Scheduled appearance by Aldo Rico widely criticizedThe announcement that former lieutenant-colonel Aldo Rico would attend a memorial service for Malvinas War veterans in Granadero Baigorria, Santa Fe province tomorrow provoked anger and repudiation from veterans groups, political parties and human rights organizations alike yesterday, as they slammed the military man’s ties to dictatorship-era repression and the failed Carapintada military coup he led against former president Raúl Alfonsín’s government in 1987. It was signed by the Socialist (PS) party of Baigorria, the Evita Movement, Victory Front (FpV) youth group La Cámpora and a local teachers’ collective among other organizations. Herald with Télam

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 14, 2016 05:42 UTC