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Demonstrators carry a banner with photos of people who disappeared during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in a march commemorating the 48th anniversary of the coup, at the Playa de Mayo square in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 2024
ARGENTINIANS marked on Sunday the anniversary of the 1976 military coup that ushered in a brutal right-wing dictatorship.
But as tens of thousands of protesters marched through central Buenos Aires and raised banners vowing “Nunca Mas,” or never again, the country’s far-right president posted an astonishing video on social media demanding justice for those killed by left-wing guerillas before the coup took place.
Under the dictatorship as many as 30,000 people were killed or forcibly disappeared in a systematic campaign that still haunts the country.
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