Between 1976 and 1983, as many as 30,000 people in Argentina simply disappeared. These “Desaparecidos”, as they were known, simply vanished at the hands of the regime. After a while, mothers of the disappeared started marching in the Plaza de Mayo carrying pictures and demanding answers. Eventually, the government fell and a long process of truth and reconciliation began.
Recently in the USofA, people have started to disappear. Government agencies and nonprofits who track foreclosures have found it nearly impossible to find the people who have turned in their homes throughout the nation. The kids are no longer in schools and the families are no longer on the tax rolls; they simply disappear. Similarly, people who have taken unemployment insurance for the full six months become “discouraged workers” and no longer count as unemployed; they have also simply disappeared.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 