Luisa Cuesta

Luisa Cuesta
Born
Soriano Department 
Died21 November 2018 
OccupationHuman rights defender 

Maria Luisa Cuesta Vila (26 May 1920 Soriano - 21 November 2018 Montevideo) was an Uruguayan human rights activist. She dedicated herself to the search for missing detainees during the Uruguayan military dictatorship. Her son Nebio Melo Cuesta disappeared during that period and is still missing today.

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