Mexico City, July 21.- Visiting Mexico, Estela de Carlotto, founder of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo organization in Argentina, made up of women whose children disappeared during the military dictatorship in that country, attended the morning conference, invited by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
At the beginning of the conference, López Obrador highlighted her long career as a social activist and defender of human rights. "We are very pleased that she is with us. She is a symbol of the resilience of the defense of human rights."
López Obrador emphasized that at the same time, Estela is the defender in Latin America, in the world, of those who suffer, who suffer from authoritarianism. May fascism never return to our America again. This is something very special.
A fighter since her daughter, Laura Estela, was kidnapped and disappeared in 1977 while pregnant, De Carlotto was determined to find her grandson until she found him in 2014. He is a pianist and composer who, upon learning he was adopted, approached the organization to review his situation. A musician by profession, registered as Ignacio Hurban, now renamed Ignacio Montoya Carloto.
In a brief interview before the conference, De Carlotto said she has been coming to Mexico for many years, recognizing Mexico's stance during that period, but her visits have also been to express solidarity and share the pain of Mexican mothers facing the disappearance of their children. "It's a gesture of brotherhood that we should have because what has happened in Argentina has happened in almost every Latin American country. We have become brothers because of that, and never again."
She mentioned that since those events, Argentina has enjoyed the longest democratic stability in history, 40 years. The president of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo arrived accompanied by her daughter Claudia and Victoria Montenegro, a granddaughter who was recovered.
