Downtown Buenos Aires came to a standstill as the boulevards leading to the iconic May Square filled with crowds of people in one of the biggest gatherings in recent years for the “Day of Remembrance” of the victims of the dictatorship.
Tens of thousands of Argentines demonstrated on Sunday, a day of remembrance for the victims of the (1976-1983) dictatorship, to say “more than ever, never again”, with messages aimed at the Millay government, which is questioning the reading and account of that of the era.
Downtown Buenos Aires came to a standstill, boulevards leading to the iconic Plaza de Mayo filled with crowds of people in one of the largest gatherings in recent years for the anniversary, March 24, a traditional “Day of Remembrance.”
This year’s March 24 was a day of remembrance for the rise to power in 1976 of the military junta that would leave behind 30,000 dead or missing, according to a tally by human rights groups. A tally increasingly openly disputed by the government of President Javier Millais (who speak of fewer than 9,000), in the name of “the whole truth”, “memory and justice for all”, referring to the victims of the decade’s far-left rebels of 1970.
“Indeed 30,000!”, “All stored in Memory!” “Yes to memory, no to fear!”, “Yes to rights, no to the right”, read some of the banners and placards, next to the portraits of the missing, in the impressive marches that started at noon on Sunday in Buenos Aires.
Other marches were held in several provincial towns.
To mark this “Day of Remembrance”, the government for its part released a 12-minute video in which it presents “its version” of the account of the victims of the dictatorship, talks about victims of leftist rebels and another once disputed the 30,000 victim count, denouncing a “trade in the disappeared” to fund human rights NGOs in the years after the dictatorship.
The March 24 rally, traditionally attended by families, is apolitical in nature — although the left always makes a strong presence — this year it was marked for the first time by major unions joining forces, with political messages against the “planned of poverty” in a context of three months of austerity by the ultra-liberal government of Javier Millais.
Source :Skai
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