Diannet Blanco
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Diannet Blanco | |
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.jpg) Blanco in 2024 | |
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| Alma mater | Central University of Venezuela |
| Occupation | Human rights activist |
| Known for | Participating in the 2017 Venezuelan protests |
Diannet Blanco Prieto is a Venezuelan human rights activist and former political prisoner. She is the coordinator of the Committees for the Defence of Human Rights which campaigns for the rights of people living in impoverished areas of Caracas. Blanco was subjected to an enforced disappearance and detained for a year after participating in the 2017 Venezuelan protests.
Blanco was born and raised in Guatire, Miranda, Venezuela. Her paternal grandfather, Eustoquio Genaro Blanco, was a maroon from Curiepe who was imprisoned after opposing the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez; while her grandmother, Luisa Matilde, was a teacher from Guárico who was part of the underground anti-dictatorship movement.[1]
She attended Liceo Vicente Emilio Sojo, where she was vice president of its student centre. Blanco went on to study at the Central University of Venezuela, where she trained as a teacher. During her time at university, she served as president of the student centre within the school of education, and subsequently was elected as secretary of demands for the Federation of University Centres.[1] Blanco went on to obtain a master's degree in women's studies.[2]