Ana Quirós Víquez is a Costa Rican feminist and LGBT+ rights activist who worked in Nicaragua. She is the director of the non-governmental organization Centro de Información y Servicios de Asesoría en Salud (CISAS).[1]
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| Born | Costa Rica |
| Occupation(s) | Feminist, LGBT rights activist |
Biography
editAna Quirós was born in Costa Rica. Since the late 1980s she had lived in Nicaragua, where she developed her activism. In 1997, she obtained Nicaraguan citizenship.[2] She is part of the Movimiento Autónomo de Mujeres (MAM), the Articulación Feminista de Nicaragua, the Unidad Nicaraguan de la Disidencia Sexual Auto Convocada (Nicaraguan Unity of Self-Convened Sexual Dissidence) and represents the Unidad Azul y Blanco (Blue and White Unity) (UNAB) in Costa Rica.[3] She is also an expert in public health.[4]
In April 2018, during protests in Nicaragua against the social security reform by the government of President Daniel Ortega, Quirós was beaten by supporters of Vice President Rosario Murillo with metal pipes. She subsequently had to receive medical assistance for head injuries and two fractured and displaced fingers.[5]
At the end of 2018, Quirós was arrested and deported to Costa Rica, while the Nicaraguan government revoked her Nicaraguan citizenship.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Ana Quirós". Front Line Defenders (in Spanish). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ a b Redacción EC (27 November 2018). "Nicaragua expulsa y retira nacionalidad a feminista Ana Quirós" (in Spanish). El Comercio. ISSN 1605-3052. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Mujeres, las más perseguidas en Nicaragua: Ana Quirós". LADO B (in Spanish). 3 April 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ Despacho 505 (25 November 2021). "Ana Quirós: "Las defensoras trabajan de manera clandestina porque son perseguidas por la dictadura"". Despacho 505 (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kampwirth, Karen (16 October 2021). "Resistencia LGBTI en Nicaragua | Nueva Sociedad". Nueva Sociedad | Democracia y política en América Latina. Retrieved 22 October 2023.