A Chilean mother has finally embraced her sons for the first time in four decades, after they were taken away during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
The sons were removed from their family in the 1980s, a period when the Pinochet regime was notorious for detaining, torturing and disappearing thousands of Chileans. The mother has waited 40 years for the chance to see them again.
Her reunion marks a personal triumph amid a broader national effort to recover the identities of those lost during the dictatorship, which ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990.
While details of the sons’ lives since their disappearance remain private, the moment has been described as a profound emotional release for the mother, who has endured years of uncertainty and longing.
<small>Source: Al Jazeera — read the original story there.</small>