Association formed during the last military government of the Republic of Argentina with the purpose of recovering alive the disappeared detainees, initially, and later to establish who were responsible for the crimes and to promote their prosecution. The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo are currently divided into two groups, the majority group, called "Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" (presided over by Hebe de Bonafini), and the "Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founder Line" (chaired by Marta Ocampo Of Vásquez).

The mothers were recognized during the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, when international journalists began to interview them and made their movement known.

In an interview with Hebe de Bonafini, it was known that between 1978 and 1979 the mothers began to go abroad to make known the drama of the disappeared and to request that the Argentine military dictatorship should be isolated, first to Europe and then to the United States. They were fortunate to be listened to and invited.

Amnesty International sponsored a trip in 1979 that covered nine countries to expose before rulers of Europe and the United States the real situation in the Republic of Argentina.

In 1980 the idea began to emerge among the mothers that even if the disappeared were dead, they will continue to seek enlightenment as if they were still alive, because the crime is constant until the body appears, a concept that would later change into the idea that the victims who are not, are not only those who were eliminated by the dictatorship, but they represent all those who fought against the power.

The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo combine in their ideals the struggle for human rights, respect and appreciation of the ideals for which their children fought. The thought of the Mothers is expressed in several slogans that define the dictatorship and the possibility of a subsequent struggle, as well as the sense of memory: "The only struggle that is lost is that which is abandoned" and "Not a step Behind "are some of the famous slogans of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.

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