The purpose of this paper is to analyze the emergence and evolution of Latin American nonviolent movements in the different scales of global action, regional and national. Focusing on the case of the SERPAJ we, are dedicated specifically to analyze the passage of a defensive strategy to address human rights to physical violence by the repressive actions of the state to the formation of protest movements. These ones, defined by the methodology of.non-violence" were crucial to building an ethical and political lobbying that would pave the way to democracies. To do this, they combined in a particular way a methodology to process the political suffering with the denunciation of human rights violations. The success is based on a fundamentally emotional and ascetic appeal, effective to put on hold the ideological conflicts of the past.Fil: Catoggio, Maria Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro de Estudios E Investigaciones Laborales; Argentin
