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Esther Ballestrino

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Paraguayan activist killed (1918-1977)

ArgentinaActivistsLived 1918 to 1977 · aged 59
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Esther Ballestrino de Careaga was a Paraguayan biochemist and political activist. She is most notable for her connection to the future Pope Francis and her forced disappearance in Argentina by the military dictatorship of the National Reorganization Process (1976-1983).

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Esther Ballestrino de Careaga was a Paraguayan biochemist and political activist. She is most notable for her connection to the future Pope Francis and her forced disappearance in Argentina by the military dictatorship of the National Reorganization Process (1976-1983). She had helped found Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, which organised protests by the mothers of missing children taken by the authorities.

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Argentina
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1977 · aged 59
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