El Proceso, also called Dirty war was an infamous campaign conducted from 1976 to 1983 by Argentina’s military dictatorship toward suspected left-wing political opponents. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 30,000 citizens were killed; many of them were “disappeared” seized by the authorities and never heard from again.
Many of the dissenters were young people, students and other youth seeking to express their disappointments with the regime. The kidnapped people became associated with as the “disappeared.” The government eliminated any records that would help the families find the bodies or reclaim their grandchildren.
In 1977 a group of mothers began to meet each Thursday in the large Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, the site of Argentina’s government. There they walked in non-violent demonstrations.
The mother's simple request was the first time any of the public had spoken out against the brutality of the regime. The movement and numbers of women whose children had “disappeared” grew. In their weekly demonstrations, some carried pictures of the missing children.
In brief, the Mothers held protests and demanded answers from the Argentina`s military dictatorship, letter A.
