Ana González de Recabarren
Chilean human rights activist (1925–2018)
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- Ana González de Recabarren (25 July 1925 – 26 October 2018) was a Chilean human rights activist and co-founder of the Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared.
- Early life Ana González González was born on 25 July 1925 in Toco, a nitratine mine in Tocopilla Province, Chile.
- González attended the School of Applied Arts at the University of Chile.
- In 1944, González married Manuel Segundo Recabarren Rojas, a graphic designer, union leader and fellow member of the Communist Party.
- Together González and Recabarren had 6 children, including Luis Emilio González Recabarren, a former union leader and graphic design technician, and Manuel Guillermo González Recabarren, a plumber or gasfitter.
Ana González de Recabarren (25 July 1925 – 26 October 2018) was a Chilean human rights activist and co-founder of the Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared. Two of González's sons, pregnant daughter-in-law and husband were forcibly disappeared in April 1976 by the Chilean Military dictatorship.
Early life
Ana González González was born on 25 July 1925 in Toco, a nitratine mine in Tocopilla Province, Chile. In the 1930s the González's family moved to Tocopilla and later to Renca, Santiago. González attended the School of Applied Arts at the University of Chile.
In 1942, González joined the Communist Party, remaining a member until 2002. In 1944, González married Manuel Segundo Recabarren Rojas, a graphic designer, union leader and fellow member of the Communist Party. During the Allende government Recabarren Rojas was the president of the San Miguel Supply and Price Control Board. Together González and Recabarren had 6 children, including Luis Emilio González Recabarren, a former union leader and graphic design technician, and Manuel Guillermo González Recabarren, a plumber or gasfitter. Luis Emilio married Nalvia Rosa Mena Alvarado, a Communist Youth activist and housewife.
Activism
Forced disappearance of relatives
On 29 April 1976 at approximately 7:30 pm, Mena Alvarado and 2 year old Luis Emilio "Porotito" Recabarren Mena arrived, following a prenatal checkup and a visit to her mothers, at the Santiago print shop where the González Recabarren brothers worked. Both brothers and Mena Alvarado were members of the Communist Party.
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