Chilean communists reject destruction of Gladys Marín's grave

In a press release, the organization said unknown persons had scratched the plaque around which members gather every year to honor the party's former general secretary.

The site, located in the Santiago General Cemetery in Recoleta Municipality, is visited by thousands of people every day, regardless of whether they belong to the CCP or not.

The party leadership also expressed solidarity with the family of President Salvador Allende and labor leader Tucapel Jiménez, whose graves were attacked.

Facts like these, the document says, show how important it is that political debate in Chile is not interrupted by expressions of hatred that ultimately damage the foundations of democratic coexistence.

Gladys Marín was born in 1941 and joined the Communist Youth at the age of 17, becoming its general secretary.

In 1965 she was elected deputy of the National Congress, a position she held until the day of the coup against Salvador Allende, when she went underground. By decision of the party, he went into exile for a few years, but returned in 1978 to continue his work.

While holding the top leadership of the CCP in 2003, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, which led to his death on March 6, 2005, and his funeral was one of the largest social mobilizations to take place in this capital.

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