40 years later, the mothers of Argentina´s `disappeared` refuse to be silent
(The Guardian Argentina)

Decades after the military murdered thousands, Mothers of Plaza de Mayo warn that the current era of alternative facts poses a new threatHaydée Gastelú was among the first to arrive. `We were absolutely terrified,` she recalls. On the afternoon of 30 April 1977, 14 courageous women set aside fear - and the their families´ warnings - and left their homes to confront the dictatorship that had stolen their children. Related: Blaming the victims: dictatorship denialism is on the rise in Argentina This struggle began when we were in our 40s. Now, 40 years later, we have to start all over againThere are mothers who escaped the Nazi Holocaust only to lose their Argentinian-born children to another dictatorship Related: How an Argentinian man learned his `father` may have killed his real parents Continue reading...