Desaparecidos

Like gravestones, plaques will mark the places where almost 30,000 people in Argentina were "disappeared" in the 1970s. The weekend I arrived was not only Easter, but the anniversary of the overthrow of the regime that was responsible for this Dirty War

This occasion was used to do times 20 what Argentines do almost everyday: protest, strike, and  bang pots and pans in the streets. Almost everyday there's a union striking for something. Beer factories, dishwashers, and the most pressing issue at the moment: farmers will be marching with "caserolas," holding signs, blocking roads. This day was by far the most impressive I had seen at the time. It seemed as though every union in greater Buenos Aires was using this day to march, and to exercise the freedom that the "disappeared" were killed for.