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Adolfo Perez Esquivel

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The Resume

    (November 26, 1931- )
    Born in Buenos Aries, Argentina
    Activist and artist
    Professor of Architecture at the Argentine National School of Fine Arts (1968-74)
    Artworks include the Latin American Peoples Mural in the Cathedral of Riobamba, Ecuador, and the Monument to Refugees at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
    Co-founder of the Service, Peace, and Justice Foundation (1974)
    Received the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to the Argentine military junta (1980)

Why he might be annoying:

    After the death of Osama bin Laden, he claimed that bin Laden was killed rather than arrested because a trial would reveal that the US government had been involved in the 9/11 attacks.
    He called the United States an ‘axis of evil.’
    He praised Fidel Castro as a champion of human rights.
    He said, ‘It is a pity that Hugo Chavez died before his time.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    He went on a two month hunger strike to protest violence by both the police and leftist guerillas (1970).
    He launched an international campaign that persuaded the United Nations to establish a Human Rights Commission.
    He was arrested (1977), held without trial for fourteen months, and tortured.
    He donated his Nobel Prize money to charity.
    He said about his advocacy of nonviolence, ‘We know that one evil cannot be cured by another. Evils don’t cancel each other out. They add up.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 84.21% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying