Background
Bussi, nicknamed "Tencha", was born in Valparaíso to a well-off family.
human rights activist First Ladies of Chile
Bussi, nicknamed "Tencha", was born in Valparaíso to a well-off family.
She graduated from the University of Chile as a teacher of History and Geography and worked as a librarian at the National Statistics Office.
Her daughters are Beatriz, Isabel and Carmen Paz. She was the daughter of Ciro Bussi, an officer in the country"s merchant marine. Allende then became minister of health in the Popular Front government of Pedro Aguirre Cerda, at the start of his political career.
She campaigned against the regime of Augusto Pinochet.
Bussi returned to Chile in 1990 after 17 years in exile and kept a quiet life. She died, aged 94, in Santiago, during a morning nap.
In 1975 she was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival and in 1977 she stood as candidate for Rector of the University of Glasgow.