🇺🇾 "We are all family" On Sunday, the players of Nacional de Montevideo took to the field wearing jerseys in support of the families of the victims of the dictatorship in #Uruguay. 👇 - ThreadSky

pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social • 2 days ago

🇺🇾 "We are all family"

On Sunday, the players of Nacional de Montevideo took to the field wearing jerseys in support of the families of the victims of the dictatorship in #Uruguay.

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pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social•2 days ago

This initiative, however, unexpectedly generated controversy in the country: the board of Nacional issued a statement in which it said that the players had worn the shirts without obtaining authorization from the club.

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pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social•2 days ago

This caused protests by Nacional fans, in particular the Bolso Antifascista group, which had also asked for truth and justice for the desaparecidos during the last round of the championship.

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pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social•2 days ago

Even the female players of Nacional, in agreement with their male colleagues, wanted to wear the shirts to remember the crimes of the regime.

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pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social•2 days ago

In addition, Nacional fans posed again with the initiative's signs and shirts, recalling that four of the club's supporters ended up on the list of desaparecidos.

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pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social•2 days ago

The controversy also spread to Peñarol, Nacional's historic rival. On Sunday, their players also wore the jerseys, but in this case the club's president, Ignacio Ruglio, defended their choice.

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pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social•2 days ago

The dictatorship in Uruguay, in power between 1973 and 1985, caused 197 desaparecidos and between 6,000 and 15,000 prisoners (67 of whom were children), in a country of less than 3 million inhabitants: this means one political prisoner for every 450 inhabitants.

https://www.dw.com/es/uruguay-marcha-en-silencio-para-exigir-respuestas-sobre-sus-desaparecidos/a-69134989

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