BUENOS AIRES. Nora Cortinas, symbol of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who fought for their loved ones who disappeared during the Argentine dictatorship between 1976 and 1983, has died at the age of 94. It was the same organization she co-founded that announced it, celebrating the «undisputed leader of the human rights movement in Argentina».
“Norita”, as she was known, joined in 1977 some mothers who tirelessly demanded from the military junta to know what had happened to their children, who were taken by security forces and had since disappeared without a trace. In her case it was her son Gustavo, 24 years old, a Peronist youth activist, kidnapped in April 1977 and still today one of the 30,000 dead or disappeared during the dictatorship, an estimate recently contested by the current ultra-liberal president Javier Milei.
Having become famous throughout the world for their gathering in the Plaza de Mayo every Thursday afternoon to hear news of their loved ones, over time the Mothers also began to take responsibility for their children’s fight because it was “what would lead to justice”, defending ” their ideals.”
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