Tag: Mothers and Relatives of Uruguayan Detainees and Disappeared

• Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 18:19 UTC

  Uruguay deepens its search for the dictatorship's disappeared with access to new archives

  

  Uruguay expanded its policy of searching for those who were detained and disappeared during the dictatorship with the signing of an accord for the treatment, preservation and administration of archives on human-rights violations committed in the country between 1968 and 1985. The agreement, signed on Monday in Montevideo, deepens a strategic pact reached by state bodies in February.

• Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Thousands march in Uruguay’s 30th Silent March demanding justice for the disappeared

  

  Thousands of people filled the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Monday evening for the 30th annual Marcha del Silencio (Silent March), the country’s largest civic demonstration demanding truth and justice for the victims of forced disappearances during the country’s military dictatorship (1973–1985).