HIJOS

HIJOS is a recursive acronym for Hijas e Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (English: Daughters and Sons for Identity and Justice Against Forgetfulness and Silence). It is the name of two organizations founded by children of people who were forcibly "disappeared" by military dictatorships in Argentina and Guatemala. The Argentine organization was founded in 1995 in the town of Río Ceballos, north of Córdoba, by activists from different parts of the country.[1][2] The Guatemalan organization, founded in 1999 and based in Guatemala City, has received many death threats from government sympathizers.

HIJOS Guatemala raises awareness by painting graffiti style murals dealing with the death of their relatives and how Guatemalan youth and Mayan youth are treated in the country.

In Argentina, HIJOS started to perform escraches to raise public awareness about former dirty-war criminals being free despite their crimes in 1995.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Noticias, Agua de Oro (2025-04-16). "A 30 AÑOS DEL NACIMIENTO DE H.I.J.O.S., SEÑALIZARON EL TÚNEL SAN MIGUEL, LUGAR FUNDACIONAL DE LA AGRUPACIÓN - Agua de Oro Noticias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-21.
  2. ^ Paloma de la Paz Montes Araya (5 October 2010). "H.I.J.O.S." Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Santiago de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ H.I.J.O.S. "Astiz ya no camina por las calles". Página 12.
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