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Montevideo, April 16th 2025 - 15:15 UTC

Tag: Argentina Day of Complete Memory

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 08:36 UTC

    Human rights groups and opposition criticize Milei's denialist stance regarding the country's genocide in the late 1970s

    “Enough of denialism and apology of the genocide,” the groups underlined (Pic AFP)

    Argentine human rights organizations gathered Monday at Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo to deliver a speech marking the 49th anniversary of the Military Junta's uprising against María Estela Martínez de Perón. During the National Memory, Truth, and Justice Holiday, they once again addressed the disappearances and tortures during the dictatorship while blaming President Javier Milei and Vice-President Victoria Villarruel for their “denialist” approach to the issue.

  • Monday, March 24th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Argentine gov't releases “full history” video highlighting pre-coup terrorism in the 1970s

    “History must be told in full or it becomes an instrument of political manipulation,” Milei's Government argued

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei Monday released a video on social media saying March 24, 2025, should be the “Day of Complete Memory” on the 49th anniversary of the Military Junta uprising headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafel Videla, marking the beginning of the self-appointed National Reorganization Process which ended up in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War and a return to democratic rule the following year.