Our new age of atrocity echoes the darkest days of political persecution in Latin America

By: Huascar Medina

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 593

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Día de Detenido-Desaparecido — Day of the Detained-Disappeared — occurs Aug. 30.

It was introduced in 1981 by the Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared-Detained Persons (FEDEFAM) and later adopted and formalized by the United Nations in 2010 to honor victims of enforced disappearance worldwide as the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.

This day of commemoration and awareness was born from the struggles of families in Latin …

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