Central event in memory of the Armenian Genocide.
Organized by The Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration Committee of the Organizations of the Armenian Portal of Uruguay.
Tribute to the Republic of Uruguay, first country in the world to recognize the
Armenian Genocide by Law No. 13,326 of 1965. April 4, 2015 - Legislative Palace.

President Tabare Vazquez, Vice President Raul Sendic and former Presidents Jose Mujica, Jorge Batlle,
Julio Maria Sanguinetti and Luis Alberto Lacalle, along with Mayor of Montevideo Prof. Ana Olivera,
Tourism Minister Liliam Kechichian.

MEMORY, JUSTICE AND REPARATION.

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ESPAÑOL:

Acto central en recordación del Genocidio Armenio organizado por la Comisión de Conmemoración del Centenario del Genocidio Armenio de las Organizaciones de la Comunidad Armenia del Uruguay.
En la ocasión se rindió homenaje a la República Oriental del Uruguay, primer Estado
en el mundo en reconocer el Genocidio Armenio como tal a través de la Ley N°13.326
del año 1965. 24 de abril de 2015 – Palacio Legislativo, sede del Parlamento uruguayo.

El acto contó con la presencia del Presidente Tabaré Vázquez, Vice Presidente Raul Sendic,
los Ex Presidentes José Mujica, Jorge Batlle, Julio María Sanguinetti y Luis Alberto Lacalle,
también la Intendenta de Montevideo Prof. Ana Olivera y la Ministra de Turismo Liliam Kechichian.

Por MEMORIA, JUSTICIA Y REPARACIÓN

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It has been 100 years since the massacres and mass deportation of Armenians who lived in the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. Armenians say one and a half million people died, while the Turkish government says it was many fewer. The killings remain extremely controversial, with the Turkish government resisting Armenian calls to recognise them as genocide. They're rarely spoken of or taught in Turkish schools. BBC reporter Lara Petrossian's Armenian great-grandfather was one of the few who escaped and started a new life abroad. A century on, Lara visits her Armenian family's destroyed neighbourhood in Turkey. She is joined by BBC Turkish reporter Rengin Arslan, and together they discover how little remains of Armenian culture and community. As they discover their families' very different versions of the past, they try to understand why the story of the massacres continues to be so difficult to tell.

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