Adela Reta

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Adela Reta (Montevideo, 9 July 1921 - 3 April 2001) was a Uruguayan lawyer and jurist. [1]

Biography

In 1983-1984 she took part in the Committee on Human Rights, denouncing atrocities during the civic-military dictatorship, together with other notable people like Horacio Terra Gallinal, Rodolfo Canabal, Luis Hierro Gambardella, Manuel Flores Mora, Eduardo Jaurena, Francisco Ottonelli, and Alberto Zumarán. [2]

A member of the Colorado Party, she was Minister of Education and Culture during the first presidential term of Julio María Sanguinetti. [1] She spent her last years as Director of SODRE. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Adela Reta dies". LR21. 5 April 2001.(in Spanish)
  2. Remembering the fight for democracy in 1983 (in Spanish)