Alicia Beatriz Oliveira was an Argentine jurist and politician known for her work in defense of human rights.
13 Facts About Alicia Oliveira
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Alicia Oliveira became friends with Father Jorge Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, who baptized her three children.
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Alicia Oliveira was born in San Fernando de la Buena Vista on 24 November 1942, the youngest of three siblings from a middle-class family.
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Alicia Oliveira was the provincial leader of the Jesuits and, surely, he was more informed than I was.
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Alicia Oliveira even suggested that I go live at the Colegio Maximo for a while.
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In 1976, Oliveira clashed with a colonel of the Federal Penitentiary Service while investigating mistreatment of political prisoners at Devoto prison.
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Alicia Oliveira was elected on behalf of the Front for a Country in Solidarity as a conventional constituent to the 1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina.
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Alicia Oliveira was aided in this by then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who handled formalities with the priest's family to obtain the transfer of the body.
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From 2003 to 2005, Alicia Oliveira served as Secretary of Human Rights for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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When Francis faced opposition within Argentina, accusing him of having been linked with the military dictatorship, Alicia Oliveira made statements defending him in an interview with Perfil:.
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Alicia Oliveira gave him his identity card and his clerical collar so that he could escape.
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Alicia Oliveira died at her home in Almagro on 5 November 2014, after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor.
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Alicia Oliveira is portrayed by Muriel Santa Ana in the Italian film Chiamatemi Francesco, which shows her friendship with Father Jorge Bergoglio.