Alejandro Iaccarino

Alejandro Romulo Iaccarino
Iaccarino in 1994
Born	(1946-08-07) August 7, 1946 (age 78) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alejandro Romulo Iaccarino (born August 7, 1946) is an Argentine businessman. In 1976 Iaccarino, a successful dairy entrepreneur, was kidnapped with several relatives and detained by armed officials; he was released in 1978. Iaccarino founded several economic associations.

Early life

Iaccarino was born in La Plata on August 7, 1946, the son of Dora Emma Venturino and Rodolfo Genaro Valentin Iaccarino. He has two brothers, Carlos and Rodolfo, and was married to Mercedes Rosario Ruiz.

Career

Mobile clandestine prison, known as "the hell", in 2013

In 1969, Iaccarino joined the Buenos Aires stock exchange as its youngest member.[1] He founded Southern Argentina Construction, Llumbras and Ciatra. Iaccarino later purchased two livestock and forest holdings comprising 25,000 hectares (97 sq mi) in Santiago del Estero Province.[2] In 1974, he and his brother Carlos traveled to the United States to research the use of wood by-products.[3] The following year, Iaccarino confronted Santiago del Estero governor Carlos Juarez about governmental setting of milk prices (Iaccarino had founded the NOA dairy).[4]

Imprisonment by military dictatorship

In 1976 Iaccarino, his brothers and his parents were kidnapped by the military dictatorship so their assets could be seized.[5] He and his brother, Carlos, were imprisoned until September 4, 1978.[6][7]

Apostolic Blessing from Pope John Paul II

Activist and advisor

In 1982 Iaccarino was elected president of the Economic Confederation of Argentina,[8] founding economic associations throughout the country with a group of businesspeople and professionals. This gave a voice to those who were kidnapped, tortured and economically harmed by the dictatorship.[9]

Emotional meeting with the Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square

For his presidency of the ECA and the creation of PEEG, Iaccarino received an Apostolic Blessing from Pope John Paul II on June 7, 1985. At a meeting of international representatives in the United States, he was appointed chairman of the Investigation Committee of the International Monetary Fund and the Trilateral Commission in Latin America.[10] He maintains his friendship with 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel,[11] with whom he was imprisoned in unit nine of the La Plata.[12] In 1982, Iaccarino became a follower of former President of Argentina Arturo Frondizi until Frondizi's death in 1995.

Present day

With Arturo Frondizi (left) at a General San Martín Partido event

After Iaccarino was freed, he attended conferences of Argentine economic associations in Buenos Aires, Quilmes, San Juan, Mendoza, Tucumán and Mar del Plata. For several years he has lectured in municipalities and universities around the country, such as UNICEN, UNLP and UNLZ, about life during the Argentine Revolution.[13] On April 30, 2012, three men tried to assassinate Iaccarino at his home in La Plata.[14]

Books

With his brother Carlos, Iaccarino has written Father Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do (1998); Metanoia (2000); Secrets of World Power (2002),[15] and The Forgotten Laws (2003).

See also

• List of kidnappings

Bibliography

• Muleiro, Vicente (2011). 1976. El golpe Civil. Planeta. ISBN 9789504925118.
• Verbitsky, Horacio (2013). Cuentas Pendientes. Los cómplices económicos de la dictadura. Siglo Veintiuno. ISBN 9789876293440.
• Perosino, María Celeste; Nápoli, Bruno; Bosisio, Walter Alberto (2013). Economía, Política y Sistema Financiero. La última dictadura cívico-militar en la CNV. Comisión Nacional de Valores. ISBN 9789874508607.

References

1. Mannarino, Juan Manuel (15 May 2013). "Hermanos Iaccarino: Los patrones sin privilegios". Revista Anfibia. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014.
2. "El único móvil del secuestro de los hermanos Iaccarino fue económico". Telam. Archived from the original on 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
3. Russo, Miguel. "Los otros casos Papel Prensa: las apropiaciones económicas". Miradas al Sur. Archived from the original on 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
4. Barrera, Laureano (27 July 2013). "El funcionario menemista que planeó el secuestro de los Iaccarino". Infojus Noticias.
5. Bertoia, Luciana (June 13, 2013). "Verdict expected today in trial of dictatorship era asset-stripping". Buenos Aires Herald.
6. Bertoia, Luciana (April 22, 2015). "Supreme Court nixes substitute justices". Buenos Aires Herald.
7. "O venden o van al río". Télam. May 15, 2013. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
8. Veiga, Gustavo (8 June 2009). "Nos quedamos sin nada, destruyeron nuestro patrimonio". Página 12.
9. Veiga, Gustavo (30 January 2012). "El despojo de empresarios". Página 12.
10. "Discurso pronunciado en Washington". ulpianoelromano.blogia.com.
11. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel / Concejo Deliberante de La Plata. mundoconcejo. 12 May 2011.
12. "Avanza la causa de los hermanos Iaccarino". Tiempo Argentino. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014.
13. "Los hermanos Iaccarino relataron su propio infierno durante la dictadura". Municipalidad de Avellaneda. Archived from the original on 2014-05-04.
14. Huellas de la dictadura: agreden a empresario que denunció a represores. Visión Siete. 3 May 2012.
15. Iaccarino, Alejandro. "Stablisment, el secreto del poder mundial". www.historiaargentina.tripod.com.

External links

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