Raúl Alfonsín

With the failure of the Falklands War under their belt, Argentina's junta government began to buckle, and in 1983, democracy was reinstated with a general election being held on October 30th.

Raul Alfonsin of the Radical Civic Union won the election, and served as the 49th President of Argentina until 1989.

Meanwhile, those living on the Falkland Islands had their full British citizenship restored in 1983, and more funding was poured into the area, meaning that civilians enjoyed a better quality of life and a boosted economy.

Furthermore, a new constitution came into place in 1985, and again in 2009, which promoted devolved powers to the Falkland citizens.

But just two years later, as a new wave of trials targeting middle-ranking officers approached, a faction of the military launched a mutiny, demanding an end to prosecutions for crimes committed during the dictatorship.

To quell the unrest, President Raúl Alfonsín passed two laws.

The first, known as the Full Stop Law, set a deadline of 60 days for any new prosecutions for political violence.

The second, the Due Obedience Law, granted immunity to lower-ranking officers on the grounds that they were following orders when they committed crimes.