Yira Castro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castro and the second or maternal family name is Chadid.
Yira Castro
Councillor of Bogotá
In office
July 20, 1980 – July 9, 1981
ConstituencyCommunist
Personal details
BornYira Castro Chadid
(1942-02-20)February 20, 1942
Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia
DiedJuly 9, 1981(1981-07-09) (aged 39)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
PartyCommunist (1975–1981)
Spouse
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(m. 1960)​
Children
Occupation

Yira Castro Chadid (February 20, 1942 – July 9, 1981) was a Colombian politician and journalist who served as a Councillor of Bogotá from 1980 to 1981. A member of the Colombian Communist Party, she worked as an official for the International union of students and as a correspondent for the Czechoslovak press agency.[1][2]

Biography

Castro was born in Sincelejo, Sucre, on February 20, 1942. She joined the Colombian Communist Youth in 1958 and was a member of the International Union of Students. At 18, she met Manuel Cepeda, whom she married in 1960. The couple had two children, Iván and Maruja.[3] After her marriage to Manuel Cepeda Vargas, the couple became prominent figures in communist circles of Bogotá. In March 1964, they both participated in the Conference of the Latin American Solidarity Organization in Havana, Cuba.[4] In June of the same year, she was imprisoned in El Buen Pastor prison in Bogotá after being arrested during a public demonstration.[5]

Castro died on July 9, 1981, after battling a malignant disease for several months.[6]

References

  1. ^ "El legado de Yira Castro". Colombian Communist Party. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  2. ^ "Yira Castro Chadid". Bank of the Republic. December 1, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  3. ^ Rojas Rey, Ana Elsa (July 15, 2016). "Yira Castro, mujer de mil batallas". 45 Revoluciones por Minuto (in Spanish). Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  4. ^ "Castro Chadid, Yira". Diccionario Biográfico de las Izquierdas Latinoamericanas. January 5, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  5. ^ "40 años sin Yira Castro Chadid". Agencia Prensa Rural. July 9, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  6. ^ Voz, Semanario (9 July 2021). "40 años sin Yira Castro Chadid". Semanario Voz (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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