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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.

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The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo protesting in 2009 with their white headscarves
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo protesting in 2009 with their white headscarves

Las Madres in 2009. Image: Beatrice Murch/Flickr. Some rights reserved.

"One day a mother said that nothing we were doing was going to do us any good, that we should go to the plaza, that we should meet at Plaza de Mayo, that since time immemorial when the people had wanted to know, they had demanded news about what worried them at Plaza de Mayo."  Haydeé Gastelú de García Buela

In this article, we use testimonies of Haydée Gastelú de García Buela, María Adela Gard de Antokoletz, Vera Jarach and Taty Almeida, members of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, from interviews available in the oral archive of Memoria Abierta (Open Memory).