María Ester Gatti de Islas (January 13, 1918 – December 5, 2010) was a Uruguayan teacher and human rights activist.
Biography She founded Madres y Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos, (or Uruguayan Mothers and Families of Disappeared Prisoners) following the abduction and disappearance of her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter during the Dirty War in neighboring Argentina in 1976.
She died on December 5, 2010, aged 92. Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.
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External links Maria Ester Gatti (in Spanish)