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Argentina's Remembrance Day for Truth and Justice
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commemorate the anniversary of the last military
Every March 24th in Argentina, a public holiday is held to ................................
dictatorship in the country, which took place on this date in 1976. After this began the Dirty War of Argentina, in
disappeared - thought to be killed by the government for having dissenting opinions.
which around 30,000 people ....................
terrorism and heavy repression and censorship was
This period of time, from 1976 to 1983 was a period of state ...............,
exercised over the Argentine people, notably anybody associated with socialism. Freedom was heavily restricted,
babies stolen and people who did not agree with the government were tortured for information,
mothers had their ...........
often before being “disappeared”.
march to remember the people lost in this period, many clutching pictures of
Every year on this day Argentinians ...........
phrase
disappeared friends and family. All around, people wear t-shirts and hold signs emblazoned with the ...................
“nunca más” - “never again”. This year, Voluntario Global volunteers came together to talk and learn about the
history and culture. We then joined the march from the volunteer house down
importance of this day in Argentinian ...........
place on this day, due to the Asosiación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, a
to the Plaza de Mayo. This is a significant ................
government house every
group of mothers of the disappeared people who have gathered in the square outside the ..................
Thursday since 1977. The mothers and grandmothers have had some success from all their years of fighting and
found The Plaza de Mayo was filled with people from all
since they started, 119 sons and grandsons have been .............
different social groups, who had united to seek remembrance and justice.
It was a great experience for our volunteers to engage with a topic that is so powerful and emotional in Argentina,
and to promote a cultural exchange by showing solidarity with political issues in this country.
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march babies government terrorism history

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