De secuestros y localizaciones de niños y niñas “desaparecidos/as”: los albores del activismo de Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo

Abstract

This articule analizes the incipient forms of activism of a group ofwomen, “Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo”, whose goal was the search ofchildren dissappeared during the last military dictatorship in Argentina.To enlighten this process we will think over the first location of a girl anda boy by “Abuelas”. After the kidnapping of their parents, two siblingsare “abandoned” at a public square, admitted to an orphanage and thengiven to guardianship to a couple. However, the search performed bytheir grandmothers throughout the whole region resulted in their locationa year later. A publict conflict emerged between the two families over thelegitimacy of the adoption or restitution. This allowed the intervention,not only of military authorities from the involved embassies but alsoof different local representatives of international organizations as partof a regional and political debate on “subversion” over the media. Thus, the study of this case will contribute to the general debate over the complex relationship between politics, rights, kinship and childhood.