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An author from this country investigated the state-sanctioned shooting of 12 men for the pioneering nonfiction novel Operation Massacre. As chair of a government commission, an author wrote the prologue to a report discussing events in this country that should “never again” occur. That author from this country included a “Report on the Blind” in the novel On Heroes and Tombs. A man from this country feels like “another person… out of danger” after sleeping with a leftist rebel who dreams of being on an island with Marta. Marxist theory is connected to the psychoanalysis of homosexuality in the footnotes of that novel from this country. In this country, Molina retells (10[1])movies to his (10[1])cellmate, (10[1])the political prisoner Valentín, (10[1])in Kiss of the Spider Woman. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country of Ernesto Sabato and (10[1])Manuel Puig ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

ANSWER: Argentina [or Argentine Republic or República Argentina] (The report is the Nunca Más report.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Connor Mayers (UG)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)11010
Eric Gunter (Grad)UNC A (Grad)UNC B (UG)11310
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC C (UG)11410
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)Virginia B (UG)11810
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Maryland B (UG)12410
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland C (DII)William & Mary A (UG)13510
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)GWU B (Grad)1380
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)JMU A (UG)13810
E Smith (UG)JMU B (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)1380
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)JMU B (UG)1380
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Virginia C (UG)13810