Teresa Bolaños de Zarco

Teresa Bolaños de Zarco (October 9, 1922 – December 24, 1998) was a Salvadoran-born Guatemalan journalist, writer, and businesswoman who fought for freedom of the press and for the rights of Soviet Jews.

Teresa (nickname, "Tere") Bolaños de Zarco was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador, October 9, 1922.

She served as President of the People's Health League (1957-70); Voluntary and Municipal Fire Brigades fundraising campaign (1971-72); Press Freedom Commission (1996); and Guatemalan Chamber of Journalism (1986-87; 1991-92).

[2] She married the journalist Isidoro Zarco Alfasa,[2] co-founder of Prensa Libre.

In 1997, she also created the “Tere de Zarco award",[3] for the best student of Communication Sciences in all of the universities in the country.