Milagro Sala

Milagro Sala
Born (1964-01-27) 27 January 1964 (age 60)
San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
OccupationPresident of the Tupac Amaru Neighborhood Association

Milagro Amalia Ángela Sala (born 27 January 1964) is a leader of the Tupac Amaru neighborhood association,[1] part of the Association of State Workers (ATE) of Jujuy, and a leading figure in the Movimiento piquetero of Argentina.

On 16 January 2016, Sala was arrested on charges of fraud and criminal conspiracy in an alleged embezzlement of ARS $30,000,000 intended by the government to help the poor.[2]

Several human rights organizations, like Amnesty International, denounced Argentina's government at the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (GAD) of the United Nations, alleging the illegal detention of Milagro Sala.[3] The Argentina government considered that the GAD decision was advisory only.[4]

  1. ^ We Magazine Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine “Milagro” is Spanish for “miracle” which is what many think Milagro Sala has accomplished. Like other jobless groups in Argentina her organization, Tupac Amaru (named after a revolutionary 18th century Inca), received money from the government. But unlike most of them, the organization of this diminutive Indigenous woman has gained the love and respect of her people.
  2. ^ Ampliaron la denuncia contra Milagro Sala y exfuncionarios por "asociación ilícita", Infobae 19 January 2016 (Buenos Aires) (in Spanish).
  3. ^ Henao, Luis Andrés (28 October 2016). "UN panel tells Argentina to release activist Milagro Sala". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "DDHH El Gobierno y el CELS hacen distintas lecturas de la resolución del organismo de la ONU sobre Milagro Sala". Télam. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016.