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Tens of thousands mark coup anniversary in Argentina
Online News Editor
March 24, 2023
Buenos Aires, Mar 24 (EFE).- More than 90,000 people marched in this capital Friday on the occasion of Argentina’s Day of Memory, Truth, and Justice, marking the 47th anniversary of the coup that ushered in seven years of brutal rule by the military.
The 1976-1983 regime killed some 30,000 people, while tens of thousands more suffered torture and arbitrary imprisonment.
Political and social activists, union members, and citizens unaffiliated with any organization made their way from various points in Buenos Aires to the Plaza de Mayo, site of Congress and the presidential palace.
There, the crowd listened to speakers honoring the Mothers and the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who mounted silent protests in the square during the darkest days of the “dirty war” to demand the safe return of children and grandchildren abducted by agents of the junta.
“I am here to be part of those who want to keep memory alive in the face of the multiple atrocities the soldiers committed during the dictatorship. Let nobody forget that this happened and can continue happening if we do not take care,” Daniela Campos, a law student at the University of Buenos Aires, told EFE.
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