Two former Argentine dictators were convicted and imprisoned Thursday for executing a systematic plan to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta’s war on leftist dissenters three decades ago.

Long time coming. More here.

The U.S., and more specifically the C.I.A, played a key role in supporting the military junta and these dictators. For those interested Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine describes exactly how the U.S. is implicated in this.