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Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo
Las Madres are a very well known organization through out Argentina and Latin America. Las Madres are a group of women whose children were part of the thirty thousand argentines who disappeared during the military dictatorship from 1976-1983. Las Madres fight relentlessly to protest and educate the people about the military dictatorship to ensure that a military take over of governemnt will never happen again.
Servicio Paz y Justicia-SERPAJ Argentina
The Service of Peace and Justice (Serpaj) is a social organization of Christian inspiration - ecumenical that it has like purpose of promoting the values of Solidarity and the violence and of not impelling the construction of a society that is based on the total recognition of the Rights of the Person and the Towns.
Arte y Esperanza
Arte and Esperanza, a non-profit team, works for the better understanding and respect of the estimated 800,000 aborigines in Argentina, and the fair trade of their beautiful products. In our original people shop, you can find the entire gaucha and aborigine art f Argentina bought directly from the indiginous people. Each piece has been bought at a fair price and brings interesting cultural information with it.
Latin America & Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights
CLADEM is an umbrella of women's organizations working for forming a network that articulates organizations and individuals committed in the defense and promotion of Women's Rights through different activities: formulating legislative proposals, researching, training, litigating, teaching at universities, informing, communicating and exercising solidarity actions.
Jubilee South
Jubilee South is a large group of organizations bound together by their common perspective on the debt problem, analysis and position on debt relief initiatives. The branch in Argentina is called Dialogo 2000 and is located in Buenos Aires.
Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo
Carries out Judicial procedures related to particular cases of children who have disappeared during the Dirty War, and also to their parents: accusations, trials, etc.
Al Borde Grupo Cultural
North American Congress on Latin America
Witness for Peace
Latin American Press
Human Rights Watch World Report 2003 (Argentina)
Derechos Human Rights


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