Mercedes Colás de Meroño
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Mercedes Colás de Meroño | |
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| Born | Mercedes Colás de Meroño 11 July 1925 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 21 April 2021 (aged 95) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | human rights activist |
Mercedes Colás de Meroño (11 July 1925 – 21 April 2021), known as Porota, was an Argentine human rights activist. She was vice president of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.[1] Her father, José María Colás, was executed by firing squad during the Spanish Civil War.[2] Her daughter, Alicia Meroño, was among the desparecidos of Argentina, disappearing on January 5, 1978.[1] Alicia's fate was still undetermined at the time of her mother's death.[3] Colás de Meroño died in Buenos Aires on 21 April 2021, aged 95.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Murió Mercedes Colás de Meroño, vicepresidenta de Madres de Plaza de Mayo". Diario Río Negro. April 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Argentina: Mother of Plaza de Mayo VP Porota Meroño dies aged 95". MercoPress. April 22, 2021.
- ↑ "Mercedes 'Porota' Meroño, vice-president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95". Buenos Aires Times.
