Miguel Ángel Estrella

Miguel Ángel Estrella (born 4 July 1940 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina), is an Argentine pianist and ambassador to the UNESCO and a juror of the Russell Tribunal.

He went into exile on 1976 during the National Reorganization Process and was imprisoned and tortured in 1977 by the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay. He was released in 1980.[1]

Since 2007 he has been the Argentine ambassador to the UNESCO and in 2010 he performed in the Estudio País Bicentenario programme broadcast by the state-run Canal Siete. On 11 March 2013 he was honoured by the Argentine Senate for his career and his defense of human rights.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Miguel Angel Estrella homenajea en París a su “ángel liberador”(in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Miguel Ángel Estrella recibió la distinción de honor del Senado(in Spanish)
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