Maria Auxiliadora Lara Barcelos

Known for

Acting

Born

Feb 25, 1945

Died

Jun 1, 1976

From

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Maria Auxiliadora Lara Barcelos (Antônio Dias, March 25, 1945 - West Berlin, June 1, 1976) was a guerrilla member of the organization Vanguarda Armada Revolucionária Palmares – VAR-Palmares – who participated in the armed struggle against the military dictatorship installed in Brazil in 1964. On November 21, 1969, she was imprisoned and brutally tortured, being released in January 1971 and sent to Chile after the swiss ambassador Giovanni Bucher was kidnapped by the armed guerrilla VPR which damanded that political prisoners were set free in exchange for the ambassador's life. She died by suicide in 1976.

Credits

Brazil: A Report on Torture

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Seventy

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It's Not Time to Cry

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Retratos de Identificação

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O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2

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Quando Chegar o Momento

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Clandestine Soul

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