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January 22, 2016

Activist, Educator and Artist Marķa Victoria Maldonado Dies
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And the activist, educator and video artist Marķa Victoria Maldonado has
died at the age of 54. Victoria produced documentaries about social
movements in Latin America, telling stories the corporate media often
avoided or distorted. She helped reveal the impact of U.S. policy in her
native Colombia. She was also a pioneer in the use of media as a
therapeutic tool for sick children and their families, working at Mount
Sinai in New York for 25 years. Victoria died Saturday after a long
battle with cancer. She is survived by her daughter Kerabania; her son
Nemo, a former Democracy Now! video fellow; and her husband, Mario
Murillo.


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