Human rights activist Patricia Walsh, a former congresswoman who promoted the annulment of Argentina’s impunity laws, died on Thursday at the age of 74, after respiratory problems that required hospitalization in recent days.

Walsh was a historic reference of the Argentinian left and daughter of writer, journalist and revolutionary Rodolfo Walsh, detained and disappeared during the dictatorship. Elected national deputy in 2001, she fulfilled her campaign promise by authoring and promoting the annulment of the Full Stop and Due Obedience laws, laying the foundations for the definitive fall in August 2003 of legislation that guaranteed impunity for repressors.

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Active in the Hijos group since the 1990s, she helped drive early street mobilizations demanding prosecution of the genocidaires responsible for the murder of her sister María Victoria and the disappearance of her father, and testified before the CONADEP and in court.

¡HASTA SIEMPRE, PATRICIA WALSH! pic.twitter.com/dKjuV4MGIK

— H.I.J.O.S. Capital (@hijos_capital) November 5, 2026

A two-time presidential candidate and legislator at national and Buenos Aires city levels, she prioritized left-wing unity, the unrestricted defense of workers’ rights, rejection of neoliberal adjustment and exclusion policies, and the defense of women’s rights and the most relegated sectors, maintaining close ties to unions and popular spaces.

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