00:15The 30,000 people who went missing under the civil military dictatorship in Argentina that emerged after the 1976 coup
00:22d'etat are not just a number.
00:24They represent the constant struggle of their families and of millions of people demanding truth and justice.
00:29A struggle carried on by the mothers and grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo. Let's see.
00:36On April 30, 1977, in the midst of the dictatorship, a group of women gathered for the first time in
00:43Plaza de Mayo to demand answers for their missing children.
00:46The call to action came from Azucena Villafloro, who proposed that they unite so their voices would be heard.
00:53We can assure you that there are thousands and thousands of families suffering great pain, great anguish, great despair,
01:00pain and sadness because they won't tell us where our children are. We know nothing about them.
01:05Azucena Villafloro, the main driving force behind the group, was kidnapped in December 1977 and thrown alive into the sea
01:14during the flights of death.
01:16Her remains were identified in 2005.
01:19Evada Buenafini joined the patrols in May 1977, following the disappearance of her two sons and her daughter-in-law.
01:26In 1979, she was elected president of the Madres Association.
01:29Under her leadership, Radio AM 530, the Universidad Popular and the Nuestros Hijos Cultural Center in the former ESMA Higher
01:37School of Mechanics of the Navy were established.
01:40She passed away in 2022 and her ashes rest in Plaza de Mayo.
01:46The grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo formed in May 1977 to search for children who had been abducted along with
01:52their parents who were born in captivity and taken in by military families.
01:56They estimate that there were around 500.
01:59They served the creation of the National Genetic Database and succeeded in having the right to identity included in the
02:06United Nations Convention.
02:08Estela de Carlotto, its current president, was reunited with her grandson in 2014.
02:13By 2025, 140 grandsons and granddaughters have been located.
02:18The organization of mothers searches for their missing children, while grandmothers continue its search for their stolen grandchildren.
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