Ana González de Recabarren

Ana González González (25 July 1925 – 26 October 2018), more commonly known by her married name Ana González de Recabarren was a Chilean human rights activist.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is González.
Ana González de Recabarren
Ana González de Recabarren in 2013
Born
Ana González González

(1925-07-25)25 July 1925
Tocopilla, Chile
Died26 October 2018(2018-10-26) (aged 93)
NationalityChilean
OccupationHuman rights activist

Biography

She was born in the city of Tocopilla.[2] Ana González was married to Manuel Segundo Recabarren Rojas and they had two children, Luis Emilio [3] and Manuel Guillermo. Her sons and daughter-in-law Nalvia Rosa Mena Alvarado, at that time pregnant, were arrested and disappeared on 29 April 1976 by the Military dictatorship of Chile, then in its early years.[4] Only her grandson Luis Emilio «Porotito» Recabarren Mena, then 2 years old, returned alive. The next day, on April 30, her husband Manuel (50 years old) went out to look for their children and daughter-in-law, and he was also arrested and disappeared. According to some testimonies, he has been seen alive in the Villa Grimaldi detention center.[5]

After losing a large part of her family, González joined the Association of Relatives of the Disappeared Detainees (AFDD) and became one of its primary leaders alongside Sola Sierra, Viviana Díaz, and Clotario Blest. She participated in a hunger strike at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean headquarters in Santiago. With Gabriela Bravo and Ulda Ortiz, González represented the AFDD at various international organizations such as United Nations, Organization of American States, International Red Cross, International Commission of Jurists, the Holy See, and Amnesty International.[1]

In 1996, she was the focus of the Televisión Nacional de Chile-broadcast documentary Quiero llorar a mares and in 2001 won the Premios Ondas for Ibero-America for the Best Program or Professional or Television Station.[6] In June 2000, she filed a formal complaint against Augusto Pinochet for the disappearance of her family 26 years prior.[7]

At 93 years of age and still not knowing where her family disappeared to, González de Recabarren died on 26 October 2018.[8]

Citations
  1. "Ana González González". defensoresydefensoras.indh.cl (in Spanish). Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. Top Chilean human rights advocate Ana González dies at 93
  3. not to be confused with Luis Emilio Recabarren, founder of the Socialist Workers' Party Communist Party
  4. "Luis Emilio Recabarren González". memoriaviva.com (in Spanish). Memoriaviva. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. Montes, Rocío (11 September 2018). "La eterna búsqueda de Ana González, La Pasionaria chilena". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  6. "Palmarés - 2001". premiosondas.com (in Spanish). ONDAS. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  7. "Querellas contra Pinochet se elevaron a 110". Emol (in Spanish). 1 June 2000. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. Montes, Rocío (26 October 2018). "Muere a los 93 años Ana González, la Pasionaria chilena". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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