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'Si, se puede': US civil rights icon Dolores Huerta dies at 96

Source: France 24

28 October 2026 at 17:49 UTC

Influential US labour union co-founder, feminist, and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta died on Wednesday in Bakersfield, California, her family said. Credited with coining the enduring "Si, se puede!" rallying cry later adapted by former US president Barack Obama, Huerta continued her activism on race, poverty, LGBTQ and women's rights issues until the last months of her life.

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