The governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, conveyed his sorrow for the death of the president of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Hebe de Bonafini, who left today, Sunday, November 20, at the age of 93, on the day of sovereignty.
Also, the governor pronounced that the leader of one of the most important human rights organizations and recognized worldwide for her tireless struggle, was “the most wonderful example of how loss and pain are transformed into tireless struggle and hope.” Axel Kicillof He said that “a unique person left.”
Assuring that “I lose a mother who is the mother of all. One thought that she was immortal ”, Axel Kicillof He recalled with emotion that “these last days, at 93 years old and his body no longer strong, he insisted and went to the rounds on Thursdays. She wanted to be taken to the event at the Estadio Único (for Militancy Day). She couldn’t “.the governor He assured that “Hebe militated until his last breath for the country and the people, his people.”
For her part, the Vice President of the Nation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, expressed her regret through the social network Twitter where she dedicated words to the fighter for human rights. Also from the national government, the presidential spokesperson, Gabriela Cerruti, announced that three days of mourning had been decreed.
The vice president’s letter was as follows: “Dearest Hebe, Mother of Plaza de Mayo. World symbol of the fight for Human Rights. Pride of Argentina. God called you on the day of National Sovereignty, it should not be a coincidence. Just thank you and see you later.”
Likewise, the decree on days of mourning was accompanied by: “The President of the Nation Alberto Fernández bids farewell with deep pain and respect to Hebe de Bonafini, Mother of Plaza de Mayo and tireless fighter for human rights. The government decrees 3 days of national mourning and pays tribute to Hebe, her memory and her struggle.
Brief review of Hebe’s fight
Hebe María Pastor was born on December 4, 1928 into a middle-class family and had three children. The disappearance of two of her children led her to militate for human rights and later found the organization Madres de Plaza de Mayo. In February 1977, her son Jorge Omar was kidnapped and disappeared in La Plata, and in December the same thing happened to her other son, but in Berazategui.
He stood out for the fight against impunity for the perpetrators of the military coup of 76as well as to vindicate the lives of those disappeared by that dictatorship, paying homage to them in their actions.
