Over the last 15 years, the bloody military regime that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983 has been referred to as a "civic-military dictatorship" due to the heavy involvement of civil sectors in its operations. Those linked to big factories and companies were the main beneficiaries of the economic policies of the period. These companies actively contributed to the repression of workers and union delegates and even to the tragic count of the 30,000 "desaparecidos".—berlinale