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María Ester Gatti

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Nationality
  
Uruguayan

Died
  
December 5, 2010

Role
  
Teacher

Name
  
Maria Gatti

Occupation
  
teacher, activista


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Full Name
  
Maria Ester Gatti de Islas

Born
  
January 13, 1918
Uruguay

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María Ester Gatti de Islas (January 13, 1918 – December 5, 2010) was a Uruguayan teacher and human rights activist.

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Biography

She founded Madres y Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos, (or Uruguayan Mothers and Families of Disappeared Prisoners) following the abduction and disappearance of her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter during the Dirty War in neighboring Argentina in 1976.

She died in 2010, aged 91. Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.

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María Ester Gatti Wikipedia