THE CASE
In September 1990, María Soledad Morales, a 17-year-old student, was found dead near Catamarca. The sons of powerful provincial figures were implicated, and the investigation stalled.
Led by a schoolteacher nun, Sister Martha Pelloni, the city marched in silence, week after week. The pressure brought federal intervention to Catamarca and broke the grip of the Saadi political dynasty.
IN CONTEXT
CultureA province governed like a private estate.
MediaSilence itself as the loudest form of protest.
PowerA dynasty — the Saadi name — and what it took to break it.
The systemFederal intervention, and the trials that followed.
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