Carmen Gloria Quintana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Chilean Chilean activist; anti-Pinochet protester; torture victim
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Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
About Carmen Gloria Quintana
- Carmen Gloria Quintana Arancibia (born c.
- 1968) is a Chilean woman who suffered severe burns in an incident where she and other young people were detained by an army patrol during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
- She survived, and thereafter became a symbol of hope for democracy in Chile to many, receiving an embrace and encouragement from Pope John Paul II.
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