IBARRA DE PIEDRA, ROSARIO

         Rosario Ibarra is an activist in human rights issues.  Her son, Jesús Piedra, is one of the "disapeared" students in the government repression of 1968, under the presidency of Luis Echeverría.  She formed an organization of mothers of disappeareds and led protests in Mexico City during the 1970's.

         In 1982, she became the first woman candidate for president in Mexico for the Workers' Party.

          She was elected federal deputy in 1988, and federal senator in 2004.  Highly respected voice of the left and supporter of Andres López Obrador, she is currently active in the protests against the repression of governor Ulises Ruiz of Oaxaca.

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Below, actress and activist Jesusa Rodríguez offered her best wishes on the 80th birthday of Rosario, February 24, 2007.

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            She was recently in Oaxaca to lead one of the marches against Ulises Ruiz, this on the first anniversary of the most deadly attack on the teachers, November 2, 2006.  Thanks, Rosario.

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