MARCELA PERELMAN AND VERONICA TORRAS

Marcela Perelman is the Director of Research at the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS). She has written extensively on matters of social protest, state violence, security issues and human rights. @MarcePe

Verónica Torras is the director of Memoria Abierta, an alliance of Argentine human rights organizations that promotes memory regarding the human rights violations of the recent past, actions of resistance and the fight for truth and justice.

The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo: "We were born on the march"

One of the most visually symbolic movements against Argentina’s dictatorship, the Mothers' tenacious weekly protests culminated in a massive demonstration in the name of memory, truth and justice in 2017.

By MARCELA PERELMAN AND VERONICA TORRAS

/ 3 Oct 2017