00:01And now we go to Argentina. Citizens mark over the week, the 50th anniversary of the 1976 coup d'etat,
00:08which brought about a bloody civic and military dictatorship rallies, and numerous other events are planned over the week to
00:14keep the memory of victims alive.
00:16And now, in this context, let's go live with our correspondent, Belén de los Santos. She's there and has all
00:21the details of these activities. Hello, Bel. What can you share with us at this hour?
00:25Hi, I come here from Buenos Aires. The first of a very significant week, the first day before the 50th
00:34anniversary, the commemoration of the coup d'etat in 1976 that gave way to the most violent civic and military
00:44dictatorship in Argentina.
00:46I am in Mayo Square. Downtown Buenos Aires is such a significant place as well, not only because this will
00:53be the heart of tomorrow's mobilization, also because it's the square of the mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
01:00It's the exact site where when that dictatorship was still going on, those mothers that were looking for their sons
01:09and daughters came out fearless, even though the repression was unleashed and ongoing.
01:17They were demanding news and information and legal processes for their loved ones, and they did so in this same
01:26square, a square that have posted their rounds ever since week after week.
01:31And right now, you can see a lot of people behind me. We had to move a little bit because
01:37of the acts that are going on, and this is the vigil. This is the day before the main events,
01:45and people are already coming out.
01:47Because again, this is the 50th anniversary. Hundreds of thousands are expected to come out across the country, and there
01:59are multiple activities. Here in the Mayo Square, a festival is going on.
02:04A vigil before the main event of tomorrow, an act of coming together, a culture event. We've seen acts, we've
02:14seen bands, and also now a series of talks. At this moment, as I'm speaking to you, there is a
02:21gathering and a talk on the main stage regarding journalism.
02:25Talking about, for example, key figures such as Rodolfo Walsh, but also we've just heard from Pablo Grillo, one of
02:34the reporters and photographers that was severely injured at one of the repressions unleashed by the government of Javier Milley
02:43in this last series of this repressive stage that Argentina is going through right now.
02:49So again, a symbolical stage to remember that that call for memory, truth, and justice is an ongoing exercise. It's
02:59not just about talking about the past, not about remembering our loved ones, although we are also doing that.
03:06It is about saying never again to all of those stages of violence and political persecution, and as journalists were
03:15persecuted in the last civic military dictatorship, the repression has been targeting now the journalists such as Pablo Grillo.
03:24So that stage that is going on right now behind me, it's just one more symbolic event to show how
03:32past and present are coming together at this commemoration of the 50 years since that coup d'etat in 1976.
03:41Also, a show to show everyone that the struggle continues, that it has continued with the mothers, grandmothers, sons, and
03:50now granddaughters of the Plaza de Mayo.
03:54And we will continue reporting because this week will be such an important week.
03:59I go back to you now, Ale.
04:02Thank you, El. Thank you for all the information on the front lines of these activities, of this historic moment
04:08of Argentina.
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