March in the Plaza de Mayo

National Holiday to Honor the Disappeared

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April 4th 2008
Dale left on Sunday, March 23, Easter Sunday. I was sad to see him leave, but we had a wonderful month traveling together. On Monday, March 24, it was a Día Feriado, a national holiday in Argentina to honor the Disappeared. This is what the Madres in the Plaza de Mayo are commemorating every Thursday afternoon. Just a little history for my readers (source is http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/~ds ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more