Guatemala City in Guatemala Department, — Central America
Irma Marina Flaquer Azurdia
Licenciada Irma Marina Flaquea (sic, Flaquer) Azurdia
por su lucha y defensa de los derechos
humanos en especial a la libertad de
expresión y por decir:
“Los que otros callan”
Licenciado Alfonso Portillo Cabrera
Presidente de la Republica de Guatemala
Guatemala, 5 de septiembre 2001
Irma Marina Flaquea (sic, Flaquer) Azurdia
for her struggle and defense of human rights,
especially the right of expression,
and for saying:
“What others silence”
Alfonso Portillo Cabrera
President of the Republic of Guatemala
Guatemala, September 5, 2001
Erected 2001.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is September 5, 2001.
Location. 14° 34.469′ N, 90° 31.459′ W. Marker is in Guatemala City, Guatemala (Guatemala Department). Memorial can be reached from Avenida Las Americas close to 21a Calle. The marker is in the traffic circle on Avenida Las Americas in Zone 14 of Guatemala City. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Guatemala City, Guatemala 01014, Guatemala. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Captain General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (approx. one kilometer away); Benito Juárez (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); General José de San Martín (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); José Cecilio del Valle (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); General Francisco de Paula Santander (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Antonio José de Irisarri (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Simón Bolívar (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Carlos Merida (approx. 2.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Guatemala City.
Regarding Irma Marina Flaquer Azurdia. Irma Flaquer Azurdia (b. Guatemala City, Guatemala - 1938), was a Guatemalan psychologist and journalist known for her frank criticism of the Guatemalan government. In 1958 she started a column in the Guatemalan newspaper La Hora, entitled "Lo que otros callan" ("What others silence") which she would later transfer over to La Nación newspaper in the years 1971 to 1980. On October 16, 1980, she and her son were returning to their home when they were attacked by gunmen in two cars. Her son Fernando was killed directly and she was abducted and never seen again. She had been the first white, middle-class, professional woman to have been abducted and presumably murdered in Guatemala during that time. The Inter American Press Association investigated the case of Irma Flaquer as part of its impunity project, and the case was the first that the IAPA brought to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which ruled that the Guatemalan government was responsible for her disappearance, at the very least by not protecting her as a public figure. This marker was part of the Guatemalan government's agreement to take responsibility for her disappearance and death. Ironically, her name is misspelled, showing Flaquea and not Flaquer.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 620 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 2, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. 6. submitted on May 7, 2020, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.