Mothers of Plaza de Mayo leader Taty Almeida dies at 95

President of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Taty Almeida passed away on Sunday at 95.

Beloved by her fellow mothers and the rest of the human rights movements, she spent more than 50 years seeking answers and justice for the disappearance of her son, Alejandro Almeida, who was kidnapped by far-right paramilitary group Triple A in 1975.

Over the past four decades, Almeida became one of the most prominent human rights leaders in Argentina. She became president of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo-Founders Line in December 2024, after the death of her predecessor, Norita Cortiñas, in May of that year.

She first heard about the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo in 1979 and decided to find out what their work was all about. “It was hard for me to reach out to the mothers because I wondered who those women were,” she told Revista Haroldo.

Once she entered their headquarters in downtown Buenos Aires, however, she was shocked. “When I went in I saw pictures, and pictures, and pictures, and I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m not the only one.” Taty joined the group of mothers right then and there and never left.

“Until the one up there says otherwise, I’ll keep going, firm in my fight for memory, for truth and for justice.”

At: https://buenosairesherald.com/human-rights/mother-of-plaza-de-mayo-taty-almeida-dies-at-95

Mothers of Plaza de Mayo leader Taty Almeida, 1930-2026.

Taking over the reins of the renowned human rights group in 2024, the media-savvy Almeida worked tirelessly to draw attention to Preisdent Javier Milei's back-door efforts to free the over 1,200 convicted Dirty War culprits from house arrest - as well as what she saw as Milei's politically-motivated persecution of a top rival, center-left former President Cristina Kirchner.