Estela de Carlotto

In this Argentine name, the surname is Barnes and the marital name is Carlotto.
Estela de Carlotto
Born
Enriqueta Estela Barnes

(1930-10-22) 22 October 1930 (age 93)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationPresident of the Association of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Spouse
Guido Carlotto
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(died 2001)​

Enriqueta Estela Barnes de Carlotto (born 22 October 1930) is an Argentine human rights activist and president of the association of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. One of her daughters, Laura Estela Carlotto, was kidnapped and missing while pregnant in Buenos Aires, in late 1977. Through stories, she could ascertain that her daughter had given birth to a boy, and that her grandson was appropriated and his identity changed. She searched for him for nearly 36 years,[1] until, on 5 August 2014, after a DNA check voluntarily made by the person concerned, her grandson was identified, and became the 114th in the list of recovered grandchildren.[2][3][4]

Carlotto has received several awards for her work with Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo), including the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights and Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, awarded by the Unesco. In 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.[5]

  1. ^ "Estela de Carlotto recovered her grandson Guido after 35 years of searching". La Nación (newspaper). 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Ignacio Hurban, 114th recovered grandson, the grandson of Estela de Carlotto". MinutoUno.com. 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Estela: "He search at me and I did not want to die without embrace him"". Infojus Noticias Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. 5 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Estela de Carlotto found her grandson, Guido, after 36 years of searching". La Nación (newspaper). 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2019.