And in Argentina, a former army commander has gone on trial for human rights abuses during Argentina’s seven-year dictatorship beginning in 1976. Luciano Benjamin Menendez faces charges of kidnapping, torturing and killing left-wing dissidents at a clandestine torture center known as La Perla. On Tuesday, dozens of activists gathered outside the courtroom in Cordoba to mark the beginning of the trial. Some 30,000 people are believed to have died under the Argentine dictatorship.