Corporate Responsibility during the Last Argentine Dictatorship: Studies of Agro-industrial Companies in the Northwest and Northeast Regions (1974-1983)

Abstract

This article analyzes the investigation and prosecution of cases of corporate responsibility in crimes against humanity during the last dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983). It studies four cases of agro-industrial companies: two sugar mills located in the provinces of Tucumán (La Fronterita and Concepción mills) and another in Jujuy (Ledesma mill), and a tea and yerba mate company in the province of Corrientes (Las Marías). The article stresses that all these cases include not only factory work but also rural work, characterized by a greater precariousness of labor relations and greater exploitation. It emphasizes the potential of these studies, but also points out the obstacles and limitations of these processes of Memory, Truth and Justice due to the strong corporate power and the difficulties of labor and union organization.