Nora Cortiñas, a historic human rights activist who co-founded the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (founding branch), remains in intensive care with a pulmonary infection after undergoing a hernia operation last week. “She is in intensive care, where access is restricted and sometimes we, her close family, have to take turns [to see her].”“She is in no condition to receive visitors. The text also pointed to her 40-year-long fight to bring justice for those who were forcibly disappeared. She also expanded her activism to other areas regarding human rights, such as the right to safe and free legal abortion and the fight against police and gender-based violence. Cortiñas was last seen in public on March 24 at the National Day of Memory, Truth, and Justice march.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald May 28, 2024 22:32 UTC