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The Autobiography of María Elena Moyano. The Life and Death of a Peruvian Activist (María Elena Moyano: en busca de una esperanza) by María E Moyano (auth.); Diana Miloslavich (ed.); Patricia S Taylor Edmisten (transl.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Shining Path guerrillas, Sendero Luminoso, assassinated María Elena Moyano and dynamited her body on February 15, 1992. They murdered her in the presence of her sons, Gustavo and David Pineki, while the family attended a community event sponsored by a Vaso de Leche [Glass of Milk] committee in Villa El Salvador [a large municipality near Lima]. Her assassination had an impact on all of Peru. A multitude attended her burial. Close to 300,000 persons accompanied the coffin in a monumental repudiation of the terror of the Shining Path. Why kill her? Assuredly, she represented hope to a country tired of violence and a danger to those who plotted terrorism. With this book, I tried to recover the voice of María Elena Moyano— a voice echoed by thousands of Peruvian women. The book consists of the reconstructed testimony of one of the best representatives of Peruvian womanhood of the last decade. Her support for the development and centralization of the women’s movement was significant. Her work in the community was innovative, spurring the formation of committees for the protection of the consumer. Her clear thinking and determination, in the face of violence, enabled us to look for peace

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Author

María E Moyano (auth.); Diana Miloslavich (ed.); Patricia S Taylor Edmisten (transl.)

Publisher

University of Florida Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813018102

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Memoir, Social Science