Argentina’s stolen babies seek closure
Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 08:31 AM CDT
Argentina’s stolen babies seek closure
A man who was “disappeared” by the armed forces, stolen and raised by the regime, speaks out
By Ed Stocker,
Guillermo Perez Roisinblit holds pictures of his biological
parents. He's one of hundreds of victims of the Argentine
military regime's baby abduction scheme.
(Credit: Ed Stocker, GlobalPost)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Guillermo Perez Roisinblit leads an ordinary middle-class life. He lives in a quiet hamlet outside Buenos Aires with his wife and two young children, making the 40-minute commute by train to Argentina’s capital during weekdays. But Perez Roisinblit’s story is far from normal. Indeed, only his family and an unwavering need for justice have kept him going through the turbulent and deeply confusing last decade.
“I know the truth now. I now know what my real origins are, who my real family are, what happened to me and where I was really born,” says the 33-year-old. “But more than this, I need justice, because someone is responsible for all of this. Someone played God and decided who lived, who died and who brought up the children of the victims.”
Perez Roisinblit is one of Argentina’s stolen babies. He was born to left-wing activist parents who were arrested during the last military dictatorship (1976-1983) and taken to a clandestine detention center because of their beliefs.
Then they were “disappeared” by the armed forces – possibly drugged and thrown from planes into the murky waters of the River Plate, one of the regime’s favorite methods to ensuring bodies never showed up.
More:
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/18/argentinas_stolen_babies_salpart/