In Buenos Aires, near Avenida de Mayo, at the 'Auditorio de la Ciudad' evangelical church pastored by Marcelo Molina and Mariana Sa, a meeting began with a handful of apologists for the last civic-military dictatorship. The event was promoted by its organizer, Nicolás Márquez, Milei's official biographer, a pioneer of the 'cultural battle', and author of the pamphlet 'The Argentine Civil War. March 24: 50 years of the change the people celebrated'. The event was such a failure in terms of attendance and achieving its provocative goals that, after announcing it repeatedly in the days prior, neither Márquez nor influencer Mariano Pérez nor allied media like La Derecha Diario publicized the failure. At 7 PM on March 24, near a popular mobilization, the book presentation justifying the Coup d'état took place. Among the attendees were Cecilia Pando, defenders of genociders, lawyers for convicted military personnel, and the young denialist influencer Mariano Pérez, who has over 1.5 million YouTube followers. The event, organized by Márquez, smelled of provocation, just 50 meters from the mobilization in Buenos Aires on the 50th anniversary of the coup. Not only was the timing and location a provocation, but the choice of a humble church venue instead of a better-located and more secure one, despite the organizers having the capacity, as shown by Gabriel Ballerini, an ultra-conservative pastor. Márquez's speech included the justification of clandestine detention centers and torture, arguing it was an 'irregular war' against 'terrorists'. The event, attended by about 40 people, aimed to provoke but went unnoticed, even by its own followers. It sparked indignation among activists, who debated whether to react to this political violence of glorifying genociders on the Day of Memory, right in front of the main march. The event also saw internal conflict, with Márquez confronting Victoria Villarruel on stage.
