Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

E550076

human rights organization non-governmental organization social movement

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights organization formed by women who publicly protested the forced disappearances of their children during the country’s military dictatorship.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Madres de Plaza de Mayo	7
Argentine human rights movement	3
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo canonical	3
mothers of disappeared persons	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5862164 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Context triple: [Mothers of the Disappeared, inspiredBy, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo]

A. Aleida Guevara
Aleida Guevara is a Cuban pediatrician, author, and political activist, known for her advocacy of socialism and for being the daughter of revolutionary leader Che Guevara.
B. Manuela Sáenz
Manuela Sáenz was a South American revolutionary and close companion of Simón Bolívar, known for her political activism and role in the Latin American wars of independence.
C. Aleida March
Aleida March is a Cuban revolutionary and author who fought in the Cuban Revolution and later married Argentine Marxist leader Che Guevara.
D. Hortensia Bussi
Hortensia Bussi was a Chilean educator, political figure, and human rights advocate who became internationally known for her role in defending democracy and denouncing the Pinochet dictatorship after the 1973 coup in Chile.
E. Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt is a Colombian politician and former presidential candidate best known for her six-year captivity after being kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla group.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Target entity description: Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights organization formed by women who publicly protested the forced disappearances of their children during the country’s military dictatorship.

A. Aleida Guevara
Aleida Guevara is a Cuban pediatrician, author, and political activist, known for her advocacy of socialism and for being the daughter of revolutionary leader Che Guevara.
B. Manuela Sáenz
Manuela Sáenz was a South American revolutionary and close companion of Simón Bolívar, known for her political activism and role in the Latin American wars of independence.
C. Aleida March
Aleida March is a Cuban revolutionary and author who fought in the Cuban Revolution and later married Argentine Marxist leader Che Guevara.
D. Hortensia Bussi
Hortensia Bussi was a Chilean educator, political figure, and human rights advocate who became internationally known for her role in defending democracy and denouncing the Pinochet dictatorship after the 1973 coup in Chile.
E. Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt is a Colombian politician and former presidential candidate best known for her six-year captivity after being kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla group.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human rights organization ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ social movement ⓘ
activeIn	Argentina ⓘ
advocatesFor	justice ⓘ memory of the disappeared ⓘ truth ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Argentine Dirty War ⓘ linked to: Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process) forced disappearances in Argentina ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ
focusesOn	crimes against humanity ⓘ enforced disappearances ⓘ victims of state repression ⓘ
formedBy	Argentine mothers ⓘ relatives of disappeared persons ⓘ women ⓘ
foundedInContextOf	Argentine military dictatorship ⓘ linked to: Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process) National Reorganization Process ⓘ linked to: Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process)
foundedInPeriod	Dirty War ⓘ
hasActivity	demanding information about the disappeared ⓘ denouncing human rights violations ⓘ marching around the Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
hasCause	disappearance of their children ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Buenos Aires ⓘ
hasMemberType	family members of victims ⓘ mothers of disappeared persons ⓘ
hasMottoOrSlogan	Aparición con vida (appearance alive) ⓘ
hasPurpose	defense of human rights during the Argentine dictatorship ⓘ human rights advocacy ⓘ opposition to state terrorism ⓘ search for disappeared children ⓘ truth and justice for forced disappearances ⓘ
influenced	global human rights movements ⓘ
inspired	relatives of the disappeared in other countries ⓘ
knownFor	public protests against forced disappearances ⓘ wearing white headscarves ⓘ weekly marches in Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Buenos Aires ⓘ
namedAfter	Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
operatesIn	Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
opposes	forced disappearances ⓘ military dictatorship in Argentina ⓘ state terrorism in Argentina ⓘ
symbol	white headscarf ⓘ
usesMethod	peaceful protest ⓘ public demonstration ⓘ silent marches ⓘ

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