Tag: Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Mothers of Plaza de Mayor Leader Hebe de Bonafibi dead at age 93

  

  Hebe Pastor de Bonafini, Argentina's iconic Mother of Plaza de Mayo, died Sunday. She was 93. She had been discharged on Oct. 13 from a La Plata hospital but was admitted again on Nov. 12 after her health deteriorated.

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 22:40 UTC

  Thousands of Argentines march 46 years after coup d'état

  

  Tens of thousands of Argentines marched again to Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo (Mayo Square) on Thursday, 46 years after the coup d'état that installed a dictatorship responsible for tens of thousands of disappearances, exiles and executions in clandestine centers.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Pope sends a greeting message to “Mothers of Plaza de Mayo” on their 41st anniversary

  

  Pope Francis sent an audio message for the 41st anniversary of the “Madres de Plaza de Mayo” (Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), who protested against the disappearance of their children during the Dirty War (1976-1983) of Argentina’s military dictatorship.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  Pro and against Kirchner rallies on 29th anniversary of 1976 military coup

  

  Human rights, political and social organizations commemorated on Tuesday 24 March the 29th anniversary of the military dictatorship that killed anywhere from 9.000 to 30,000 people, marking the beginning of one the darkest period in Argentina's modern history.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 08:19 UTC

  Last Argentine military Junta had plans to remain in power until 2000

  

  Neatly kept and organized documents dating to the start of Argentina’s last dictatorship, 1976/1983, shows the names of activists who went missing and citizens blacklisted under the regime, officials announced in Buenos Aires. The documents also show that the military junta had planned to hold onto power until 2000.

• Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:55 UTC

  Former Ford executives charged in Argentina for human rights crimes

  

  Three former Ford Motor Co. executives have been charged with crimes against humanity in Argentina for allegedly targeting union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2013 - 10:55 UTC

  Timerman denies any Argentine government plot to discredit election of Francis

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman rejected allegations about an alleged “discrediting operation” by Argentina’s ambassador to the Vatican Juan Pablo Cafiero to stop the election of former Buenos Aires city archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope and denied that the government has changed its opinion about now Francis.

• Friday, July 6th 2012 - 06:56 UTC

  Former Argentine dictator and other officers convicted for baby thefts

  

  An Argentine court has sentenced former dictator General Jorge Videla to 50 years in jail for stealing babies from political prisoners. There were also heavy penalties for other military officers involved in the practice.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 13:53 UTC

  Argentine human rights reference openly criticizes the Anti-Terrorism law

  

  The president of Argentina’s Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo organization, Estela de Carlotto, has joined Justice Raúl Zaffaroni and other sectors from the country in criticizing the recently passed Anti-terrorism Law.

• Sunday, June 19th 2011 - 09:47 UTC

  Argentina: “Mothers on the March Again in Argentina—Into Scandal”

  

  The Wall Street Journal in an article credited to Matt Moffett, tells the story of how the respected human rights group, Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and close ally of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner are embroiled in a controversy over misused funds.