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Violeta Zúñiga
Chilean human rights activist (1933–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Chilean name, the first or paternal surname is Zúñiga and the second or maternal family name is Peralta.
Violeta Zúñiga Peralta (April 12, 1933 - February 2, 2019) was a Chilean human rights activist who was part of the Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos (Group of Family Members of Detainees and Disappeared) during the Military Dictatorship of Chile (1973-1990) until her death.[1] She was also a member of the folk dance group, "Cueca sola", in which she participated more than a hundred times as a dancer, commemorating those who disappeared in Chile.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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