SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Luisa Cuesta

1920 - 2018

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Maria Luisa Cuesta Vila (26 May 1920 Soriano - 21 November 2018 Montevideo) was an Uruguayan human rights activist. She dedicated herself to the search for missing detainees during the Uruguayan military dictatorship. Her son Nebio Melo Cuesta disappeared during that period and is still missing today. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luisa Cuesta is the 599th most popular social activist (up from 628th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 262nd in 2019) and the most popular Uruguayan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Luisa Cuesta ranks 599 out of 840. Before her are Veerappan, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, Berta Cáceres, Denis Goldberg, Akira Amano, and Mamie Till. After her are Hu Jia, Salih Mahmoud Osman, Sylvia Rivera, Shin Dong-hyuk, Anna Aloys Henga, and Iqbal Masih.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Luisa Cuesta ranks 398. Before her are Steve Seymour, Friedrich Waller, John Paul Stevens, Kenneth McAlpine, Zully Moreno, and Adolph Dubs. After her are Václav Havel, Jack Rowley, Ella Raines, Arthur Wint, Lamberto Dalla Costa, and Wolfdietrich Schnurre. Among people deceased in 2018, Luisa Cuesta ranks 478. Before her are John Perry Barlow, Geoffrey Oryema, Douglas Rain, Benny Andersen, Peter Sutherland, and Momoko Sakura. After her are Hugh Wilson, Naftali Bon, Thomas Bopp, William Smith, László Fábián, and Emil Wolf.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Luisa Cuesta ranks 240 out of 444. Before her are Cristhian Stuani (1986), Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano (1953), Luis Ubiña (1940), Lucas Torreira (1996), Fabián O'Neill (1973), and Alberto Héber Usher (1918). After her are Álvaro Pereira (1985), Gustavo de Simone (1948), Marcelo Zalayeta (1978), José Naya (1896), Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo (1922), and Darwin Núñez (1999).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Uruguay

Among social activists born in Uruguay, Luisa Cuesta ranks 1. After her are Karina Pankievich (1950).

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