A Woman to Know: Azucena Villaflor

All mothers for all and they are all our children. — Azucena Villaflor

All mothers for all and they are all our children. — Azucena Villaflor

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On November 30, 1976, Azucena’s son and his girlfriend disappeared from his home in Buenos Aires.

Earlier that year, when the Argentinian military dictatorship took power, officials began forcibly “disappearing” — kidnapping, torturing, murdering, hiding b…