Last month, a federal prosecutor who issued a damning report that named the President of Argentina as a conspirator to cover up a terrorist attack that killed 85 people in the 1980's and who was about to testify to Congress the very next day about his conclusions, was found dead with a single bullet wound to the head. This was particularly painful for many Argentines because this is what happened during their "dirty war" and thousands of dissidents simply disappeared.
Since that time, the country has been following each and every new piece of evidence and the overwhelming majority polled here feel that the President had her hand in the assassination.
Earlier this week, federal prosecutors announced that they would hold a march of silence on February 18 to demand justice for the murdered prosecutor. Immediately, social media kicked in and everyone said they would join the prosecutors. In pouring rain (and Argentines hate to be in the rain), 500,000+ people took to the streets in Buenos Aires and another 500,000 took to the streets in cities and towns across Argentina and the world in solidarity.
It was the largest march in BA in recent history and should send a strong message to the President, who chose to hide out in her home in the south of the country. What impacted me the most is that, during the march, I was talking to an Israeli friend in English and an older Argentine woman came over to me, touched my arm and said, "Thank you for supporting us."
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