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In 1984, with the return of democracy to Argentina, Ruiz was one of ten members of the Comision Nacional por la desaparicion de Personas (National Commission on the Disappearance of People), an organization that has documented reports of people who disappeared during the military dictatorship in Argentina. She is an eight-time winner of the Martin Fierro award (the Argentine equivalent of the Oscar), and in 1994 was awarded the Martin Fierro de Oro (Gold Martin Fierro Award) for lifetime achievement. She is the recipient of France’s Legion d’Honneur and Italy’s Order of Merit in recognition of her human rights work.

 

Ruiz is the authors of several books, including a novel, a short story collection and Habia una vez…la vida (Once Upon a Time…Life), a collection of her newspaper columns.

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