Tens of thousands in Argentina recently marked
the 34th anniversary of the nations bloody
military dictatorship, flooding into the historic
Plaza de Mayo with cries of nunca más, or never
again. On March 24, 1976 the military ceased
power and instituted one of Latin Americas
darkest chapters of terror. During the 1976-1983
junta, the military disappeared more than 30,000 people.
Since the 30th anniversary of the coup, in 2006,
protests to repudiate the military coup have
grown in size and political importance; at this
year's protest more than 25,000 people overflowed
the Plaza de Mayo while major human rights trials
are underway. The Mothers and Grandmothers of
Plaza de Mayo led the march carrying a banner
with photos of the disappeared. The black and
white portraits extended for blocks, with
thousands of photos of unionists, students,
artists, intellectuals, workers, lawyers,
mothers, fathers, sons, daughters and compañeros,
many of whom were only in their 20s when commando
groups kidnapped them to take them to clandestine
detention centers, torture and later disappear
this generation which dreamt of a better world.
This generation was reflected in the outpouring
on March 24, 2010, and in the collective screams
of "30,000 disappearedpresent! Now and Forever!"
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