Taty Almeida, an emblematic figure in the fight for human rights in Argentina for her fight at the head of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, died on Sunday at the age of 95, this organization announced.
“It is with deep sadness that we must share with you this sad news: our dear Taty Almeida, president of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo - Founding Line, left us today,” indicates the press release published on Instagram by this organization born from the anger of women whose children disappeared under the Argentine dictatorship.
Ms. Almeida had been hospitalized for three weeks in Buenos Aires. His remains will be exhibited on Monday in the Once district of the capital, his relatives said.
Taty Almeida, born Lidia Stella Mercedes Miy Uranga on June 28, 1930, teacher, married in 1953 with her colleague Jorge Almeida and had three children.
She got involved after the disappearance in 1975 of her son Alejandro, then a 20-year-old medical student. A left-wing activist, he belonged to the guerrilla of the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP).
Like him, there are 30,000 opponents who were eliminated by the right-wing Triple A militia or by the dictatorship, in force in Argentina from 1976 to 1983.
Taty Almeida was never able to recover her remains.
From 1979, she joined the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, a group of women demanding the truth about the fate of their children. The pioneers, 14 women, gathered on April 30, 1977 in front of the presidential palace, daring to insult the junta while the repression was in full swing.
Daughter and sister of soldiers, Taty Almeida was slow to join the movement. "I didn't dare go. With my CV, I was afraid of being taken for a spy. Once in the organization, it was a revelation," she told AFP in 2017.
Since then, the presence of Ms. Almeida, never without her white scarf tied under her neck, has been constant in mobilizations, trials, and the Argentine political debate.
In recent years, she has voiced her opposition to the government of ultra-liberal President Javier Milei due to his policies on memory, truth and justice, and her voice has been central during the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the coup. civil-military, in March 2026.
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