Yara Yavelberg (May 7, 1943 – August 20, 1971) was a Brazilian

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and university lecturer, member of the Brazilian resistance movement against the

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. She was believed to have killed herself in

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, Bahia in 1971, but a recent autopsy has shown that she has been murdered by security agents.

Biography

Yara Yavelberg was born in

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. She was initially a passive supporter of the resistance movement, but eventually became a member of MR-8. She had a relationship with Carlos Lamarca, a Brazilian Army officer who deserted and became one of the most important leaders of the guerrilla movement that opposed the dictatorship. With the collapse of the guerrilla movement, Yavelberg and Lamarca fled to

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Homages

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's Psychology Institute paid a homage to Yavelberg, an alumnus of their Psychology School, by naming its academic center the Yara Yavelberg Academic Center. She was a friend of the former Brazilian president

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, who paid a tribute to her during the launch of Rousseff's candidacy.

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1943 births 1971 deaths People from São Paulo Brazilian Jews Brazilian civil rights activists Psychology educators Brazilian psychologists Brazilian women psychologists 20th-century Brazilian physicians Dead and missing in the fight against the military dictatorship in Brazil (1964–1985) Assassinated Brazilian people University of São Paulo alumni 20th-century psychologists {{Brazil-academic-bio-stub

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