{"id":26742,"date":"2018-08-22T00:22:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T05:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/"},"modified":"2018-08-22T00:22:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T05:22:49","slug":"the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"The passing of Chicha Mariani, a founder of Grandmothers  of Plaza de Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1534815192616.jpg\" alt=\"1534815192616.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>Global Ministries is saddened to announce the passing of one of the Grandmothers <\/strong>of Plaza de Mayo&#8217;s founders, Chicha Mariani<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00eda Isabel\u00a0Chorobik de Mariani, better known as \u201cChicha\u201d Mariani, one of the legendary founders of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, passed away on August 21, 2018. Chicha was President of the \u201cAbuelas\u201d since its founding in 1977 until 1989 and was one of the leaders in the struggle to find grandchildren disappeared during the Argentinian dictatorship in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>The quest to find more than 30,000 disappeared citizens in Argentina has not been an easy task. In the case of the \u201cAbuelas,\u201d the search was focused on more than 500 children who disappeared or were born as captives. The disappearances were one of the consequences of the National Reorganization Process enforced by the military dictatorship, which ruled the country between 1976 and 1983. Using DNA tests as well as testimonies from the people in communities, \u201cAbuelas\u201d has found only 128 thus far. Sadly, Chicha died without meeting Clara Anah\u00ed, her granddaughter, after looking for her for more than 40 years. The newspaper \u201c<em>Buenos Aires Times<\/em>\u201d reported what happened to Clara Anah\u00ed, as narrated by Chicha:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClara Anah\u00ed\u00a0was three months old when\u00a0she was snatched\u00a0during an infamous\u00a0Armed Forces and Police\u00a0raid on the home of Chicha&#8217;s only son,\u00a0Daniel Mariani and his wife Diana Terrugi, on 30th Street in La Plata in November 1976.\u00a0The attack\u00a0left several left-wing militants dead, including Diana.\u00a0Daniel Mariani escaped only to be assassinated\u00a0months later.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before his death, Daniel had\u00a0met with his mother in a secret location in La Plata to tell her that Clara Anah\u00ed was still alive.\u00a0Police had initially told Chicha that Clara Anah\u00ed&#8217;s body had been incinerated. However,\u00a0a former police officer who participated in the raid confirmed to Chicha decades later that the baby\u00a0was taken from the house alive.\u00a0&#8220;I have searched for my granddaughter like a mad woman, year after year. I lost my husband, my mother, my brother, but I kept on searching. And I will search until the end of my life,&#8221; Chicha told Spanish newspaper\u00a0<em>El Mundo<\/em>\u00a0in a recent interview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo is a longstanding partner of Global Ministries in Argentina. Global Ministries provides funding and accompaniment for the work of human rights, dignity, and the quest for justice to hundreds of families in Argentina. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/lac_partners_abuelas_de_plaza_de_mayo\">Continue reading about their work here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Ministries is saddened to announce the passing of one of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo&#8217;s founders, Chicha Mariani Mar\u00eda Isabel\u00a0Chorobik de Mariani, better known as \u201cChicha\u201d Mariani, one of the legendary founders of the Grandmothers of Plaza de &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20022,"featured_media":26743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"topic":[20237],"region":[20038,20015],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The passing of Chicha Mariani, a founder of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The passing of Chicha Mariani, a founder of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Global Ministries is saddened to announce the passing of one of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo&#8217;s founders, Chicha Mariani Mar\u00eda Isabel\u00a0Chorobik de Mariani, better known as \u201cChicha\u201d Mariani, one of the legendary founders of the Grandmothers of Plaza de &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-22T05:22:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1534815192616.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"996\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Angel Luis Rivera-Agosto\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Angel Luis Rivera-Agosto\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/\",\"name\":\"The passing of Chicha Mariani, a founder of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo - Global Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-22T05:22:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-22T05:22:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e86214ab32334b01470775df4c9e3fe3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_passing_of_chicha_mariani_a_founder_of_grandmothers_of_plaza_de_mayo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The passing of Chicha Mariani, a founder of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\",\"name\":\"Global Ministries\",\"description\":\"Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. 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