00:00Argentina citizens will mark over this week the 50th anniversary of the 1976 School d'Etat,
00:05which brought about a bloody civil military dictatorship.
00:08Rallies and numerous other events are planned over the week to keep the memory of victims alive.
00:13Let's go live with our correspondent Medelo Santos to learn more of what is happening in Argentina.
00:20Hello Luis, how are you? Well, you were just talking about the Mayo Square,
00:25and that is precisely where I am right now. Much of what you were just saying,
00:29and our report, our materials, which was just commenting, happened just meters from where I'm standing.
00:35You can see behind me the exact place where the mothers of Plaza de Mayo used to rally
00:41and began circling that pyramid that you see right behind me.
00:46That was when the rounds of the mother of Plaza de Mayo began,
00:51because at that time, you know that the civic military dictatorship that was in place
00:57did not allow for people to congregate at a single moment.
01:01So the way that these brave women tried to overcome this rule, as they did so many others,
01:08was to, instead of keeping themselves standing up,
01:11they were circling the pyramid,
01:15and they began doing so every week,
01:18and they continue to do so.
01:20That is one of the key signs that show us that the memory exercise in Argentina is very much alive.
01:28It's something that continues every day,
01:31and that has to do not only with the past and what happened with this military dictatorship
01:37that we are going to commemorate and remember,
01:40and just remember the atrocities and the impacts on the civil humanity of Argentina,
01:45but also the pleasant and the need of a constant struggle for memory, truth, and justice.
01:53I was saying that, Luis, I'm here at the Mayo Square,
01:56and here will be the heart of all the events tomorrow, March 24th,
02:04where this Mayo Square will be filled with people.
02:07We are expecting hundreds of thousands that are coming out for this 50-year anniversary,
02:14but activities have already began.
02:16We've had vigils.
02:18We've had cultural events,
02:19and what is happening right now, in just a few hours,
02:23there will be cultural events here as well,
02:26a fair that is just before the day before of the main activities.
02:31People are gathering together,
02:32and what's happening here is just a mix of different activities.
02:37You have members from civil and political and social organizations
02:41that are getting ready for tomorrow.
02:44You have culture organizations that are rehearsing.
02:47You have sound tests for what is going to happen all throughout the coming hours,
02:51and of course, the main event will be all throughout the day tomorrow
02:56with the highlight at 4 p.m. when the documents are read.
03:01Again, such an important moment here in Argentina,
03:04not only because we are commemorating what happened,
03:08saying that this will never happen again in Argentina,
03:11but it's also a moment in which the entire society is coming together
03:16to say that they continue to back all of these claims
03:20and a moment in which the government of Javier Millet is precisely going against them.
03:25So that is a little bit here live from Buenos Aires.
03:28Luis, we will continue covering everything this week.
03:31Now I go back to you.
03:33And for the information, I want to stay tuned on everything that is taking place
03:36in Argentina in this important week of remembrance.
