Under the slogan "never again", massive mobilizations have place throughout Argentina to commemorate the day of remembrance for truth and justice, 49 years after the 1976 civil-military coup d'etat
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00:00Let's now welcome once again our correspondent Argentina Belen De Los Santos to learn more
00:04of everything that is happening in this important day in Buenos Aires and in all over Argentina.
00:09Welcome again Belen.
00:10Hello studios.
00:11We continue here in downtown Buenos Aires.
00:12The hours have passed.
00:13And we were saying this is one of the highest turnouts for a March 24th commemoration.
00:14It's been historic.
00:15Every year Argentinians gather together across the country but particularly in downtown Buenos
00:34Aires.
00:35They are marching towards Plaza de Mayo that is just one block away from where we're standing
00:40right now.
00:41And in this case they did it in unity to not only denounce the brutality and the criminality
00:50of that coup d'etat that started in 1976 but also to denounce the present policies of the
00:57government of Javier Mele.
00:59Actually, many of the chants and also in the official documents, this is a very situated,
01:05political situated act that is taking place here in Argentina and it's clear that the
01:10political organizations, the social organizations, the human rights organizations including grandmothers
01:15and mothers of Plaza de Mayo are very clear that the political motive behind this march
01:23is one, to continue the act of memory, to continue reinstating that the violence, the
01:31terrorism act of the state in that civic military dictatorship in the 70s and early 80s will
01:39not happen again in Argentina but also to use this moment to mobilize against the policies
01:45of the government of Javier Mele, against the repression that has been constantly carried
01:50out by the government of Javier Mele and in that framework we need to understand the significance
01:55and the importance of this turnout.
01:57Let's recall that we're just days after one of the coolest repressions that took place
02:03also in downtown Buenos Aires.
02:05We're talking about the mobilizations in favor of the retirees and against the pension cuts
02:11that have been carried out by the government of Javier Mele.
02:15The repression was brutal with injured, with also a journalist, a person from the press
02:22that is fighting for his life and the response to that criminal brutality from part of the
02:29state is a massive turnout at this March 24th and that is truly a popular response
02:36in the face of the act of the current government of Javier Mele.
02:40So we continue here in downtown Buenos Aires.
02:43The day has not ended yet.
02:46The act has already passed and it's just one more March 24th but with this significant
02:53force and this significant meaning that is saying never again to state violence and also
02:59never again to neoliberal policies such as the ones of Javier Mele that are targeting
03:05in particularly the working class.
03:07So we'll be back with more information probably here from Buenos Aires.