Madres de la Plaza de Mayo

Madres de la Plaza de Mayo

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February 14th 2009
What an experience this week has been. Thursday afternoon we went to go watch the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo march in front of the Casa Rosada, the president’s house. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, they are a group of women who lost their children during the Dirty War during the 1970s. During this War, Argentina was under a military government, and man ... 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