Rosa Roisinblit, Grandmother of Plaza de Mayo, dies at 106 years old

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The Argentine people say goodbye to Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit, a Grandmother of Plaza de Mayo, who passed away at the age of 106. She left behind an enormous body of work and a legacy as a human rights leader in Argentina and around the world. Rosa Roisinblit was one of the founders of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo and a central figure in the struggle to identify children who were kidnapped or born in captivity during Argentina’s last civil-military dictatorship. Rosita was born on August 15, 1919, in Moisés Ville, Santa Fe province. The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo organization declared Rosa its honorary president.  #RosaRoisinblit #GrandmothersOfPlazaDeMayo #HumanRights #Argentina #teleSUREnglish

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00:01Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Sophie Fernanda from the Dele Sur Studios in Havana, Cuba.

00:06We'll begin with the news.

00:07Argentinian people say goodbye to the grandmother of Plaza de Mayo, Rosa Tarelovski de Roisinblit,

00:13at the age of 106 years old, with an enormous work and career as a human rights referent in the country or in the world.

00:21Rosa Roisinblit was one of the founders of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo

00:25and central figure in the struggle for the identification of the children kidnapped or born in captivity

00:31during the last Argentine civil-military dictatorship.

00:35Rosita was born on August 15, 1919, in Moisés Villers, province of Santa Fe.

00:42Her daughter, Patricia, was one of the 30,000 people kidnapped by the dictatorship that lasted between 1976 and 1982.

00:50While Rosa's daughter was never found, the child she birthed in captivity, Guillermo, was found in 2000.

00:58The grandmother of Plaza de Mayo declared Rosa as honorary president.

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