Editing Jacobo Timerman (section)

===Journalist and publisher===
Timerman gained work as a journalist and rose in his profession, reporting for various publications including the ''[[Agence France-Presse]],''<ref name=Forward>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|367697673}} |title=Jacobo Timerman, Exposed Argentina's 'Dirty War,' 76 |work=Forward |location=New York |date=19 November 1999 |page=6 }}</ref> ''Mail,'' ''What,'' ''News Charts,'' ''New Zion,'' and ''Commentary.''<ref name="dia"/> He became fluent in English as well as Spanish.<ref name="Curtiss"/> He gained experience and reported on Argentine and South American politics.

In 1962, Timerman founded ''[[Primera Plana]]'', an Argentine news-weekly often compared to the American publication, ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'' magazine.<ref name=Knudson98>Knudson, "Veil of Silence" (1997), p. 98.</ref> In 1964 Timerman resigned as editor of ''Primera Plana,'' amid rumors of official threats due to his "line of opposition to the government". The magazine announced Timerman's resignation the week after it had reported on government threats to sanction uncooperative publications.<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|510640856}} |last1=Ingrey |first1=Norman A. |title=Argentines Examine Threat: TV Time Withheld |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=28 July 1964 |page=11 }}</ref>

In 1965, he founded another news weekly titled ''[[Confirmado]]'' (''The Journal'').<ref name="dia">[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.eldia.com.ar/ediciones/19991112/elpais1.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DEl%2BPais%2B-%2BJacobo%2BTimerman%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DJKO%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official "Died Journalist Jacobo Timerman"], ''El Dia'', 12 November 1999, accessed 4 June 2013</ref><ref name=Knudson98 /><ref name="foster"/>

The Armed Forces seized power in 1966, overthrowing president [[Arturo Illia]]. General [[Juan Carlos Onganía]] was installed as president, initiating a repressive and unpopular regime. His administration was characterized by its violent repression of Argentina's universities and intellectuals, and for its policy of establishing strict and conservative Catholic morals. Onganía suspended publication of ''Primera Plana'' in 1969.<ref name="foster">[https://books.google.com/books?id=8KG-Xk74XdAC&dq=primera+plana+argentina&pg=PA62 David William Foster, Melissa Fitch Lockhart, Darrell B. Lockhart. ''Culture and Customs of Argentina''], Greenwood Publishing, 1998, pp. 63–65</ref> The next year it resumed publication but never regained its previous status. From his exile in Spain, former president [[Juan Perón]] bought Timerman's newspaper in 1970, planning to control it and part of the political discussion in the country.

Timerman founded ''[[La Opinión (Argentina)|La Opinión]]'' in 1971, which many considered "the greatest of his career.<ref name="foster"/> With it, Timerman began to cover topics in more depth and journalists signed their articles, so their work could be identified. His model was the French newspaper, ''[[Le Monde]].''<ref name="foster"/>

On 27 July 1972, the 20th anniversary of [[Eva Perón]]'s death, terrorists set off 20 bombs in Argentina, most located in banks. But Timerman was one of numerous people targeted in the 20 attempted bombings.<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|119513385}} |title=20 Bombings Mark Death of Eva Peron |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/27/archives/20-bombings-mark-death-of-eva-peron.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 July 1972 }}</ref>

Perón returned to Argentina from Spain in 1973 after his candidate [[Héctor Cámpora]] of the [[Justicialist Party]] was elected as president. Perón was widely understood to be the real power in the country, and the next year was elected as president after Campora stepped aside for him. His third wife, Isabel Perón, was elected as his vice-president. His death in 1974 raised uncertainty and political tensions. [[Isabel Perón]] succeeded him, becoming the first woman president in the Western Hemisphere. During the political unrest that year, Timerman received bomb threats by the [[Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance]] (also called the Triple A).<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|185720674}} |title=Five more deaths threatened |work=The Guardian |date=11 October 1974 |page=4 }}</ref>