Thousands of Uruguayans took to the streets in Montevideo and other cities across the country on Wednesday, demanding the declassification of military archives that still hold information about the 205 people who disappeared during the last civic-military dictatorship (1973–1985).

The mobilization, organized by the Association of Mothers and Relatives of Disappeared Detained Uruguayans, marked another May 20th commemoration — a date that recalls the 1976 murders of Uruguayan political leaders Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Zelmar Michelini, Rosario Barredo, William Whitelaw, and the forced disappearance of Manuel Liberoff, all carried out on Argentinian soil under the regional Condor Plan.

Under the slogan “30 years marching. Against the impunity of yesterday and today. We demand answers. Where are they?” the marchers walked from Rivera and Jackson streets to Plaza Cagancha in the capital.

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The group insists that the Executive Branch, as the superior command of the Armed Forces, has the legal and institutional authority to order the release of all information still hidden within military facilities.

According to the organization, 81 cases remain under investigation, reaffirming the belief that state terrorism reached every corner of Uruguayan society both at home and abroad.

The Interparty Youth — representing the Broad Front (Frente Amplio party), National Party, Colorado Party, and Independent Party — joined the tribute to the dictatorship’s victims. The Broad Front noted that three decades after the first March of Silence, Uruguayans continue to demand truth, memory, and justice, as 205 disappeared citizens and their families still await answers.

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