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Mercedes Colás de Meroño

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Mercedes Colás de Meroño
Born
Mercedes Colás de Meroño

(1925-07-11)11 July 1925
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died21 April 2021(2021-04-21) (aged 95)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupationhuman 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Murió Mercedes Colás de Meroño, vicepresidenta de Madres de Plaza de Mayo". Diario Río Negro. April 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Argentina: Mother of Plaza de Mayo VP Porota Meroño dies aged 95". MercoPress. April 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "Mercedes 'Porota' Meroño, vice-president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95". Buenos Aires Times.