Silvia Emiliana Pinto Torres (31 May 1937 – 9 December 1982) was a

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an journalist and politician. She was the daughter of Óscar Pinto López and Matilde Torres Puerta de Vera, and was married to journalist Daniel Galleguillos, with whom she had three daughters.

Professional career

Silvia Pinto completed her secondary studies at the Liceo Integral #2. She later studied journalism at the

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. After graduating, she worked as a reporter for the Education section of the newspaper ''

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'' in 1959, and held the same position at ''

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'' from 1965 to 1973. After the 1973 military coup, she worked as a press attaché for the Chilean embassy in

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. In 1975, she returned to her country to assume the directorship of the newly-created newspaper ''El Cronista'', which replaced ''La Patria'' and was in existence until 1980, when it was replaced by the relaunch of ''La Nación''. She was a member of the and in 1969 received the

Lenka Franulic Award The Lenka Franulic Award ( es, Premio Lenka Franulic, links=no) is a Chilean prize, whose purpose is to recognize career achievement in women's journalism. It has been given annually since 1963 by the . It is named for Lenka Franulic, the first ...

from the .

Political career

In the parliamentary elections of March 1973, Pinto was chosen as a deputy for the 7th Departmental Association, First District of

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, for the term 1973–1977. She represented the National Party, and was part of the Latin American Education and Public Education commissions. She was also part of special commissions investigating the operation of the Juntas de Abastecimientos y Precios, and collecting background information on the reform of the educational system proposed by President

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Death

Silvia Pinto was among the 42 passengers aboard

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that crashed near La Serena's La Florida Airport on 9 December 1982. Like the rest of the aircraft's occupants, Pinto was killed immediately. The journalist was on a trip to

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as a press consultant for

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. That year she was posthumously given the Award.

References

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