Plaza de Mayo is a public square located in the heart of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The plaza is the site of many important historical events, including the May Revolution of 1810, which marked the beginning of Argentina's independence from Spain. It is also the site of the Casa Ros
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights association formed in response to abuses by the National Reorganization Process, the military dictatorship by Jorge Rafael Videla. Initially the association worked to find the desaparecidos, people who had disappeared without arrests, trials or judicial process; most were believed dead. Their mothers and supporters investigated to determine the culprits of what were considered crimes against humanity in order to bring them to trial and sentencing.