Atlantic Trivia for March 13, 2026: Authoritarianism
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Whereas Uruguay and Argentina began investigating the crimes of their dictatorships soon after their regimes fell, what neighboring country that was governed by a military junta from 1964 to 1985 did not create its National Truth Commission until 2011?
In the country’s language, it’s the Comissão Nacional da Verdade.
And by the way, did you know that some mothers of young people who were disappeared during Argentina’s dictatorship still protest every Thursday in Buenos Aires’s Plaza de Mayo?
The marches of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo began in April 1977, when 14 mothers showed up to demand the whereabouts of their children. Nearly five decades later, the group that those 14 created—some members now use walkers or wheelchairs—is still seeking justice for the long-ago crimes.
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