Luisa Cuesta
Maria Luisa Cuesta Vila (26 May 1920 Soriano - 21 November 2018 Montevideo) was an Uruguayan human rights activist. She dedicated herself to the search for missing detainees during the Uruguayan military dictatorship. Her son Nebio Melo Cuesta was disappeared during that period by military forces, and is still missing today.
Life
She was born in Soriano, where he worked in a sheet and paint workshop until June 1973, when she was imprisoned from June 28, 1973 until January 31, 1974 in the Infantry Battalion No. 5.[1] Her son, Nebio Melo Cuesta, went into exile in Argentina with his wife and daughter. In 1976, Nebio was kidnapped and disappeared. Luisa Cuesta began the search for him.[2][3]
In 1985, the group Mothers and Family of Uruguayans Detained Disappeared was formed.[2][4]
References
- ^ "Falleció Luisa Cuesta, activista por los Derechos Humanos. Tenía 98 años". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ a b "¿Quién es Luisa Cuesta?". www.portaltnu.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ ElPais. "Falleció Luisa Cuesta, referente de los derechos humanos en Uruguay". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ "Falleció Luisa Cuesta – Facultad de Ciencias Sociales" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-10.