The city is very quiet. The holiday commemorates the victims of the military dictatorship known as the National Reorganization Process. March 24th is the anniversary of the 1976 coup that brought the military junta to power.
It is estimated that 30,000 people were killed in what was known as the Dirty War. The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo can be seen every Thursday walking in the plaza (wearing their distinctive white scarves) as they have been for the last 30 years to demand justice for their children (and now grandchildren).
Several months after we arrived here, a friend lent us a copy of the movie, Imagining Argentina. It was a story set in that time in 1976 when the Ford Falcon's would arrive at someone's home or office and just whisk someone way, never to be heard from again. Those taken are referred to as The Disappeared Ones. the movie was quite disturbing.
Today is a reminder of what was lost here and that it should never happen again.
B.
1 comment:
Brian,
There is a South American rock group, they are actually from Mexico, called Mana.
I have a great CD called "Mana Unplugged". In this CD there is a song called "Los Disparicidos". The disappeared ones". Very touching song about these times in Argentina.
Andre
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