Adela Reta (9 July 1921– 3 April 2001) was a Uruguayan lawyer,

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and politician who served as

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from 1985 to 1990 under President Julio María Sanguinetti.

Biography

In 1983-1984 she took part in the Committee on Human Rights, denouncing atrocities during the civic-military dictatorship, together with other notable people like Horacio Terra Gallinal, Rodolfo Canabal,

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, Eduardo Jaurena, Francisco Ottonelli, and

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.Remembering the fight for democracy in 1983
A member of the Colorado Party, she was Minister of Education and Culture during the first presidential term of Julio María Sanguinetti. She spent her last years as Director of SODRE.

References

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