It is the first court case to delve into the persecution of indigenous peoples in Argentina. Instead, victims are now getting a “truth trial,” the government said, in a process that may also lead to reparations being paid. Some 40 people will testify at the trial, according to the Napalpi Foundation, including survivors Rosa Grilo, 114, and Pedro Valquinta, 110. In evidence provided in 2018, Grilo told prosecutors: “For me it’s sad, they killed my dad. Historians say the settlement of Argentina by immigrants left its indigenous peoples on the verge of extermination.

Source: The Guardian April 20, 2022 06:17 UTC