Nila Heredia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nila Heredia

Bolivian politician

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1943

Place of Birth: Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Profession: physician, politician, human rights activist

Nationality: Bolivia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Nila Heredia Miranda (born in Uyuni, Potosí) is a former medical school anatomy professor and administrator, former leftist militant, and Bolivia's Minister of Health and Sports, a position she has occupied twice.In the 1970s, Heredia was a member of the Revolutionary Workers' Party of Bolivia and the National Liberation Army during the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer.
She was detained by government forces on 2 April 1976, and according to a petition filed with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, tortured in the prefectural headquarters in Cochabamba and held in Viacha prison.