Sunday, March 24th 2013 is Dia de la memoria, verdad, y justicia (Day of the Memory, Truth, and Justice) in all of Argentina. Folks gathered together from Buenos Aries to Rosario to Cordoba. This day is not a celebration, but rather a day of remembrance, respect, and recognition of the disappearances of more than 30,000 Argentinians during the dictatorship of 1976-83. Furthermore, within the last decade, murders, tortures, and more disappearances have occurred by government officials against individuals whom know/knew a great amount of the activities and acts performed during this time. Frustratingly and sadly, justice has yet to be served for many of the victims. On this day, we gather in solidarity with those folks and demand justices. Below are photos I took during the march in Rosario, Arg. You will see members of VOX Asociación Civil (A.C.) and various leftist organizations whom we walked with.

I have never in my life been to a march like this where thousands of folks walked down busy streets with massive banners, flyers everywhere, people chanting, dancing, yelling, fireworks lit every few blocks, papers all over the ground, etc. When talking to a member of VOX A.C., he let me know that this was not as big as marches in the past which shocked me! This was without a doubt an experience and moment that I had been wanting to participate with for a long time. After taking a sociology course back at Western, we talked about dictatorships in Latinoamérica. The disappearances in Argentina was the one that touched me the most emotionally and being present on this day was surreal. I hope to get the opportunity to go to Buenos Aries, Arg. and  Plaza de Mayo where the mothers and grandmothers of the disappeared folks walk outside of La Casa Rosada demanding justices for the lives of their love ones.

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