Sofía Ester Cuthbert Chiarleoni (

Iquique Iquique () is a port List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the At ...

, 28 November 1918 –

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, 30 September 1974) was the wife of the Chilean General Carlos Prats, murdered along with him in Argentina by the

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, within the framework of

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Biography

She was the daughter of William Cuthbert Lister and Sofía Chiarleoni Méndez. She completed her studies at the Iquique English College where she graduated with the title of Executive Bilingual Secretary. In Iquique, she married Carlos Prats on January 19, 1944. They have three daughters- Sofía Ester, who has been ambassador of Chile to Greece, María Angélica, and Hilda Cecilia. Cuthbert was murdered alongside her husband by a car bomb in

, where they lived in exile, on 30 September 1974.30 de septiembre de 1974, a 42 años: CARLOS PRATS y SOFÍA CUTHBERT

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