Tuesday was a national holiday here in Argentina. March 24th, 1976 marked the removal of Isabel Martínez de Perón (Juan Perón’s third wife [after Evita] who succeeded him as President) by a right-wing military junta that ruled Argentina until 1983.
It’s actually a brand-new holiday, first celebrated in 2006, intended to commemorate the memory of the victims of that regime, especially los desaparecidos. It seemed to be pretty popular, though. There was a huge parade and street demonstrations. It was an oddly festive atmosphere for such a somber occasion.
There were a ton of people out in the streets
33 years from the genocidal coup
Given the South American reputation for machismo, there were a surprising number of feminist groups marching. This sign reads: We feminists demand, not one more woman victim to prostitution networks.
This puppet of a woman represents negative stereotypes of women, or something like that. The face has slurs written on it; I can't read the sign it's carrying.
Of course, it wouldn't be an Argentinian demonstration without Che Guevara!
This kid's rocking the Che-cape. Guaranteed to attract the chicas
These guys might be taking it a bit too far…
Almost every group of marchers had brought some drummers along.
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