Morales marches with the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina
By AFP
28 December 2019 |
6:44 am
Bolivia's Evo Morales joins the weekly gathering of the Argentine humanitarian movement, the 'Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo', that campaigns for justice for those disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship.
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