On March 24th 2014 the Argentineans commemorate el Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia (Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice). In Buenos Aires where the main event took place a lot of ceremonial acts of different political organizations reminded of the coup in 1976 which is one of the darkest pages in the Argentinean history. Various political and human rights organizations and families with their children participated in the march that went on from the Congress up to Plaza de Mayo where speeches and music shows were hold from a stage.  The commemoration also took place in the ex ESMA (Escuela de mecánica de la armada- School of Mechanics for the Army) which in former times was used as a detainment camp but since 10 years now  the Museo de Espacio para la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Museum exhibit for the Memory and Human Rights) is located there in order to maintain the history of this period.

Anyway it is important to underline the fact that this memorial day  does not only  remember the victims of the last  dictatorship but also shows the strength  of this new period of democracy thanks to the union and the participation of the various political organizations  united by the same interests making so this country every day to a better place.

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