Ana Quirós Explained

Ana Quirós
Birth Place:Costa Rica
Occupation:Feminist, LGBT rights activist

Ana Quirós Víquez is a Costa Rican feminist and LGBT+ rights activist who worked in Nicaragua. She is the director of the non-governmental organization Centro de Información y Servicios de Asesoría en Salud (CISAS).[1]

Biography

Ana Quirós was born in Costa Rica. Since the late 1980s she had lived in Nicaragua, where she developed her activism. In 1997, she obtained Nicaraguan citizenship.[2] She is part of the Movimiento Autónomo de Mujeres (MAM), the Articulación Feminista de Nicaragua, the Unidad Nicaraguan de la Disidencia Sexual Auto Convocada (Nicaraguan Unity of Self-Convened Sexual Dissidence) and represents the Unidad Azul y Blanco (Blue and White Unity) (UNAB) in Costa Rica.[3] She is also an expert in public health.[4]

In April 2018, during protests in Nicaragua against the social security reform by the government of President Daniel Ortega, Quirós was beaten by supporters of Vice President Rosario Murillo with metal pipes. She subsequently had to receive medical assistance for head injuries and two fractured and displaced fingers.[5]

At the end of 2018, Quirós was arrested and deported to Costa Rica, while the Nicaraguan government revoked her Nicaraguan citizenship.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ana Quirós. 2023-10-22. 2018-11-27. Front Line Defenders. es.
  2. News: Nicaragua expulsa y retira nacionalidad a feminista Ana Quirós. El Comercio. 2018-11-27. 2023-10-22. 1605-3052. es-PE. Redacción EC.
  3. Web site: Mujeres, las más perseguidas en Nicaragua: Ana Quirós. 2023-10-22. 2019-04-03. LADO B. es.
  4. Web site: Ana Quirós: “Las defensoras trabajan de manera clandestina porque son perseguidas por la dictadura”. 2023-10-22. Despacho 505. 2021-11-25. Despacho 505. es.
  5. Web site: Resistencia LGBTI en Nicaragua Nueva Sociedad. 2023-10-22. Kampwirth. Karen. 2021-10-16. Nueva Sociedad Democracia y política en América Latina.