Memorial Day: historic demonstration in Córdoba

The The march for the National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice this Sunday in Córdoba was larger than expected. And, for many of those present, it was historic due to its magnitude in the long road since the return of democracy.

Yesterday, a crowd filled the streets of the city center: while the header reached Vélez Sarsfield and 27 de Abril, the end was in Colón and Urquiza. Thousands of people who walked to defend human rights and also to show their discontent with the government of Javier Milei.

The mobilization began after 4 p.m., from the intersection of Colón and Cañada with a large gathering of citizens under the motto: “The country is not for sale, it is defended in the streets,” in commemoration of the 48 years since the last coup. Civil-military state.

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Among the entities that were present, human rights organizations, political parties, unions, unions, social movements, artists, and student groups stood out, among other mobilized groups.

It was the first march without Sonia Torres from Córdoba, a reference for the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo who died in October 2023.

Sonia died at the age of 94 without having found her grandson who was born in captivity after the kidnapping of her daughter Silvia Parodi and her son-in-law, Daniel Orozco.

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The mobilization repudiated the statement from the Milei government that was called “Complete Memory, Truth and Justice.”

Grandmothers Statement

“The terror of the disappearance, persecution and murder of militants, the theft of children, torture and exile, can only be understood if we dare to see once and for all what policies were applied by the dictators and their accomplices: company closures, massive layoffs, media concentration, unpayable external debt. We see with concern how today these policies try to establish themselves as something new. We have already seen them many times,” said Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo Córdoba in a statement.

“Even respecting the popular will expressed at the polls, we cannot remain silent in the face of this violent and denialist government that advocates state terrorism: President Milei endorses in his speeches what the murderous soldiers did to our companions and questions our flag of 30,000; and Vice President Villarruel, raised in the most rancid sectors of the Army and linked to organizations that have been proclaiming freedom for genocidaires for years, is preparing the pardon,” they added.

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And they continued: “They, with their hate speech, grievances and disqualifications of human rights organizations, encourage attacks, such as the attack that a Hijos activist has just suffered.”

“It reminds us of those years, when paramilitary groups looked for militants in their homes to kidnap and murder them. We repudiate it and demand that it not go unpunished! For all this, we are alarmed that the government is advancing a legal reform that allows the Armed Forces to intervene in matters of internal security. That is prohibited by the ’94 Constitution. The military has more than demonstrated that they cannot and do not know how to do it,” they recalled.

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Furthermore, they differentiated the government of Córdoba from that of the Nation.

“We value this commitment from the Córdoba government, very different from the national government that wants to dismantle the State’s human rights policies achieved in these 40 years of democracy,” they said.

Memories

Governor Martín Llaryora spoke on Sunday and paid tribute to Sonia Torres.

“This 24th we are missing the dear Sonia Torres, in her tribute we continue the constant and collective exercise of #Memory, the search for #Truth, the inalienable request for #Justice and the defense of human rights,” he published in X, and continued: “48 years since the Coup d’état in our country, let us continue building together a current and uninterrupted #democracy. #NeverMore State Terrorism.”

Juan Schiaretti, former governor, also published a message. “On this National Day of Remembrance we reaffirm Never Again to state terrorism, Never Again to crimes against humanity and Never Again to a genocidal dictatorship in our homeland,” he wrote.

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Among other leaders, national representative Natalia de la Sota was present at the march. “The mobilization today is much more than #MemoryTruthAndJustice This massive expression from Cordoba also has to do with putting a stop to economic adjustment and the loss of rights. “It is a cry of #NeverAgain to governments that provoke and sow hatred and forget their people,” she noted.

For its part, the Youth of the Civic Front held its traditional meeting, like every March 24, at the San Vicente Cemetery Memorial. “They were kids who only wanted to be in the military for their hope, for their neighborhood… and intolerance took them away. The intolerance of thinking differently. That was a tragedy,” said Luis Juez. “And today, in times of absolute intolerance, it is good that we remember and not question what happened,” the senator remarked.

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Arrested

Around 7:30 p.m., the Police arrested a 45-year-old man (at the intersection of San Juan and Vélez Sarsfield boulevards), from whom 3 machetes were seized.