Blase Bonpane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Blase Bonpane

American activist

Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1949

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 08-Apr-2019

Profession: human rights activist, radio personality

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Blase Bonpane

  • Blase Anthony Bonpane (April 24, 1929 – April 8, 2019) was the director of the Office of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, which he co-founded with his wife Theresa in 1983.
  • Throughout his life, he worked on human rights issues as well as the identification of illegal and immoral aspects of United States government policy.Bonpane served as a Maryknoll priest in Guatemala and was assigned by the Cardinal of Central America as National Advisor to Centro Capacitacion Social, a center for university and high school students working in the field with indigenous people on matters of health, literacy and labor organization.
  • He was expelled from that country in 1967 in the midst of a revolution.In 2006, The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation awarded Bonpane the Distinguished Peace Leadership Award.In June 2018, Bonpane announced he would stop broadcasting World Focus.

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