The Vice President of the Nation, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, fired Hebe de Bonafini through the social network Twitter, who died today, Sunday, November 20, at the age of 93, on National Sovereignty Day.
In the first instance, the former president He defined Hebe de Bonafini as a “symbol of the fight for human rights.” For the founder and president of the human rights organization called Madres de Plaza de Mayo. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner He expressed: “Simply thank you and see you always.”
“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”, he published on networks Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
In the same line as the vice presidentpronounced the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, who described the human rights activist as “the most wonderful example of how loss and pain are transformed into tireless struggle and hope.”
Hebe de Bonafini passed away this Sunday, November 20 at 9:20 am according to her daughter Alejandra Bonafini. This, in turn, thanked the expressions of affection, concern and love for her mother while she was admitted to the Italian Hospital in the city of La Plata.
National mourning for three days
On the other hand, the President of the Nation, Alberto Fernández, decreed three days of national mourning, where various tributes will be held throughout the country. He also decided to use social media to communicate his grief over Hebe’s death.
The president with “deep pain and respect” said goodbye to the activist and published on his social networks: “With the departure of Hebe de Bonafini we lost a tireless fighter. Demanding truth and justice together with the Mothers and Grandmothers, she confronted the genocidal when collective common sense went in another direction. With great affection and sincere regret, I bid you farewell. See you forever, Hebe.
In the president’s decree, Hebe’s work is recognized as an international symbol of the search for memory, truth and justice for the thirty thousand disappeared.
