“Bergoglio did what he could given his age at that time.”
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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine activist, community organizer, painter, writer and sculptor. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983), during which he was detained, tortured, and held without trial for 14 months. He also received, among other distinctions, the Pacem in Terris Award.
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culture · Argentine Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1931) · architect · sculptor · painter · university teacher · writer · artist · also Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Esquivel
Born 26 November 1931 · Q206505
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2005· 1 entry
Won Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia (2005).
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1992· 1 entry
To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the conquest of America; Monument to Refugees, located in the Headquarters of the UNHCR in Switzerland; the Latin American Peoples Mural in the Cathedral of Riobamba, Ecuador, dedi
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1980).
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1977· 1 entry
By the Argentine Federal Police, tortured, and held without trial for 14 months; during that, he received, among other distinctions, the Pope John XXIII Peace Memorial
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1976· 1 entry
In Ecuador, along with Latin American and North American bishops
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1974· 2 entries
And served as an instrument for the defense of human rights by promoting an international campaign to denounce the atrocities committed by the military regime
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When he was chosen as coordinator general for a network of Latin America-based communities promoting liberation of the poor through non-violence
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-11-26.
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