In Chile, a Group of Women Embroider to Keep Memory Alive

By: Ella Stern

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 876

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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*Quotes have been translated from Spanish.

Every Tuesday in Valparaíso, Chile, a group of women meet at a former detention site turned community center to embroider with a purpose. Las Bordadoras por la Memoria, or “Embroiderers for Memory,” create large, intricate artworks to preserve memory of the human rights violations of Augusto Pinochet’s …

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