Líber Arce
Uruguayan student who was killed by police forces under the government of Jorge Pacheco Areco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Líber Walter Arce Risotto (30 October 1938 – 14 August 1968[1]) was the first student killed by police forces in Uruguay under the government of Jorge Pacheco Areco.
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Líber Arce | |
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Born | Líber Walter Arce Risotto (1938-10-30)30 October 1938 |
Died | 14 August 1968(1968-08-14) (aged 29) Montevideo, Uruguay |
Cause of death | Gunshot |
Resting place | Cementerio del Buceo |
Occupation(s) | Student, activist |
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Líber Arce was a student at the Dental Prosthetics School of the University of the Republic's Faculty of Dentistry, and worked at a street market with his parents. He was also a militant of the Dentistry Student Center, the Uruguay Federation of University Students [es] (FEUU), and the Union of Communist Youth (UJC) from the age of 19, with whom he demonstrated for democracy, social justice, and solidarity with peoples fighting for liberation.[1]