Miria Contreras
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Miria Contreras (28 April 1927 – 22 November 2002) was Salvador Allende's mistress and secretary.[1][2][3] She was born in Taltal, Chile. After the coup that ousted Allende as president of Chile she received political asylum in Cuba.[4] She and Beatriz Allende, the president's daughter, were close confidantes of Allende.[5] Her son was detained and killed.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Lebeau, Élodie (June 1, 2021). "Miria Contreras Bell (La Payita): Desafíos epistemológicos para una biografía". Les Cahiers de Framespa. 37 (37). doi:10.4000/framespa.11064. S2CID 199210820 – via doaj.org.
- ^ "Chile. La Payita en tres palabras". 10 September 2020.
- ^ Sagredo, Diego Ajo (January 1, 2019). "Mireya Baltra, Beatriz "Tati" Allende y Miria Contreras "Payita". Tres mujeres clave en la Unidad Popular". TFG Mireya Baltra, Tati Allende y Payita. Tres Mujeres Clave en la Unidad Popular – via www.academia.edu.
- ^ Spooner, Mary Helen (September 22, 1999). Soldiers in a Narrow Land: The Pinochet Regime in Chile, Updated Edition. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520221697 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kruijt, Dirk (January 1, 2017). Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America: An Oral History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781783608041 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Nieta de la "Payita": "Es hora de darle su sitial a Enrique Ropert" « Diario y Radio Universidad Chile". radio.uchile.cl.