On December 10, 1983, a democratically elected president assumed power in Argentina after seven years of dictatorship. The repressors had called elections and on October 30, citizens had elected Raúl Alfonsín, from the Radical Civic Union, with almost 52% of the votes. Before a packed Plaza de Mayo, the new president began a period of uninterrupted democracy that has now lasted 40 years: “My fellow countrymen, today we all begin a new stage of Argentina. A stage that will undoubtedly be difficult because we all have the enormous responsibility of ensuring democracy and respect for the dignity of man in the Argentine land today and for the times.
Four decades after that December 10, EL PAÍS has summoned leaders from different fields to take stock of the achievements and debts of democracy in Argentina. Taty Almeida, mother of Plaza de Mayo; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner; Jorge Lanata, journalist; Roberto Lavagna, former Minister of Economy and former candidate for president; Pepe di Paola, priest of popular neighborhoods; Mariana Enriquez, journalist and writer; Moira Millán, Mapuche leader, and Victoria Liascovich, student, share their ideas and reflections in this video.
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Image: Belén Grosso Tomas Cuesta
Still photography: Mariana Eliano
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