13/03/2026
Norwich, GB 5 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

NORA CORTINAS, aged 94

A housewife whose oldest son was captured by the military in Argentina’s Dirty War, she became a key figure in the Mothers of the Disappeared protest movement.

HEBE DE BONAFINI, aged 93

An Argentinian housewife, both her sons were kidnapped and murdered during the Dirty War. She set up the ‘Mothers of the Disappeared to protest – but became a controversial character.