# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-teresa-castillo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:09:12.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-teresa-castillo"
name: "María Teresa Castillo"
slug: "maria-teresa-castillo"
description: "María Teresa Castillo was a Venezuelan journalist, politician, political activist, human rights activist, and cultural entrepreneur. She was the founder of the Caracas Athenaeum, a leading cultural institution which promotes the arts of Caracas. She also served as the president of Caracas Athenaeum from 1958 until her death in 2012. Castillo, a proponent of human rights, also played a major role in the formation of Amnesty International's Venezuelan chapter in 1978."
tagline: "Venezuelan politician (1908-2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Castillo_in_2012.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1904-10-15"
deathDate: "2000-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.73
  momentum:             6.557788944723619
  historical:           9.890390666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Մարիա Թերեզա Կաստիլյո"
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    title: "María Teresa Castillo"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump