Líber Arce
Líber Arce | |
|---|---|
| Born | Líber Walter Arce Risotto 30 October 1938 |
| Died | 14 August 1968 (aged 29) Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Cause of death | Gunshot |
| Resting place | Cementerio del Buceo |
| Occupation(s) | Student, activist |
Líber Walter Arce Risotto (30 October 1938 – 14 August 1968) was the first student killed by police forces in Uruguay under the government of Jorge Pacheco Areco.
Líber Arce was a student at the Dental Prosthetics School of the University of the Republic's Faculty of Dentistry, and worked at a street market with his parents. He was also a militant of the Dentistry Student Center, the Uruguay Federation of University Students (FEUU), and the Union of Communist Youth (UJC) from the age of 19, with whom he demonstrated for democracy, social justice, and solidarity with peoples fighting for liberation.