Adela Reta

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

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Adela Reta dies". LR21. 5 April 2001. (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Remembering the fight for democracy in 1983 (Spanish)


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