Madres de la Plaza is a group of Argentine women whose loved ones disappeared during Argentina's dirty war. While they'll still hold their weekly vigils, their no longer going to continue their protest marches.
The group of mothers of the disappeared in Argentina is due to hold its final 24-hour protest march after 25 years.
Between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed or disappeared during military governments in the 1970s and 80s.
The leader of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo said they would still hold weekly silent vigils to demand information on their children's whereabouts.
She said their "resistance protests" were over because they no longer had an enemy in the presidential palace.
Hebe de Bonafini was referring to the good relations the group enjoys with President Nestor Kirchner who has done much to revoke the immunity from prosecution of former military leaders.
"First we had dictatorship, then those who sold the country, who negotiated," she told Clarin newspaper.
"Now, we are now experiencing a very interesting political moment in the country and also at Latin American level. Those who can't see it are blind."
Wednesday's day-long protest is due to begin at 1800 (2100 GMT), 25 years after the first one began."
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