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Rocio Cifuentes was born in Chile during the military dictatorship of General Pinochet. Her parents had been student activists attempting to help the poor under a previous left-wing government.
Jan 10, 2022 · A woman whose parents fled a brutal military dictatorship has been appointed Wales' new children's commissioner. Rocio Cifuentes arrived in the country as a one-year-old with her parents ...
As well as speaking Spanish fluently, Rocio has started to learn Welsh. Rocio came to Wales as a refugee when she was a baby with her parents who were fleeing the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile in the 1970s.
Jan 10, 2022 · Rocio Cifuentes was one year old when her parents fled Chile to seek sanctuary in Swansea after her father was imprisoned and tortured
Jan 12, 2022 · Rocio Cifuentes arrived in Wales as a baby, her parents having fled torture and repression in Chile. Her father, Jose, has written about that time, how he was imprisoned, beaten and electrocuted by soldiers after General Pinochet came to power in 1973.
Who is the Children’s Commissioner for Wales? Rocio Cifuentes is the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. Her job is to tell people why children’s rights are so important and to look at how the decisions made by public bodies in Wales, including Welsh Government, affect children’s rights.
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Jan 10, 2022 · A woman who fled Chile with her parents as a baby and went on to study at Cambridge University has been named the new children’s commissioner for Wales. Rocio Cifuentes arrived in the country...
