On the 50th anniversary of Argentina's military coup, which led to one of the bloodiest dictatorships in Latin American history, a voice echoed through the loudspeakers as the huge crowd congregated in Plaza de Mayo Square under the late afternoon sun: "Tell us where they are."
The phrase — repeated across banners, walls, and chants in a nationwide mobilization— carried a double meaning. It evoked the unresolved fate of Argentina's disappeared citizens, but also the passage of time: many of those responsible for crimes against humanity, lots of them who are still on trial, are dying of old age without revealing what happened five decades ago.
