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| Born | 30 June 1909 Callao, Peru |
| Died | 21 February 2019 (aged 109) |
| Party | Revolutionary Union |
Yolanda Coco Ferraro (30 June 1909 – 21 February 2019) was a Peruvian activist and political leader of the nationalist Revolutionary Union party.
Biography
[edit]Coco was born in 1909 in Callao, Peru. She was the eldest daughter of Fernando Coco Buda and María Ferraro, who were both Italian. Her father was a Sicilian sailor.[citation needed]
Coco became a Sanchezcerrista and was Secretaria General del Feminismo of the Revolutionary Union.[1][2] After the assassination of Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro in 1933, Coco organised a pilgrimage to his tomb.[3]
Coco was arrested under suspicion of participating in a revolutionary plot against the life of Óscar R. Benavides. She was detained in Lima. She was released in 1934 and resumed her activism.[4]
Coco died in 2019 in San Isidro, Peru, aged 109.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ Gayozzo, Piero (22 November 2024). "Fascism in Peru: From Revolutionary Union to Legionary Action and Ethnocacerism". Fascism. 13 (2): 236–264. doi:10.1163/22116257-bja10080. ISSN 2211-6249. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ Morales, Tirso Anibal Molinari (2006). El fascismo en el Perú: la Unión Revolucionaria 1931-1936 (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Fondo Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. p. 284. ISBN 978-9972-834-14-1.
- ↑ Thorndike, Guillermo (1979). La república militar: 1930-Perú-1980 (in Spanish). Libro Visión. p. 20.
- ↑ Ugarte, Rubén Vargas (1971). Historia general del Perú: La república contemporanea (1919-1950) (in Spanish). C. Milla Batres. p. 117.
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