Resistencia

[ re-sees-ten-syah ]

noun

1. a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.

Resistencia

/ rɛsisˈtenθja /

noun

1. a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River. Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Maru Mora Villalpando, an organizer with the group La Resistencia, which opposes detention of undocumented immigrants, said the 911 records released to the UW center “shows the level of desperation is way higher than we can ever imagine, or that we were aware of.”

From Seattle Times

“They all played dumb,” said Maru Mora Villalpando of the immigrant rights group La Resistencia.

From Seattle Times

La Resistencia, the local immigrant rights group, responded by pressuring King County officials to set up a viewing area.

From Seattle Times

Coordinating their efforts along with La Resistencia’s Maru Mora Villalpando is Stan Shikuma, a 70-year-old retired nurse and the co-president of the civil liberties group Tsuru for Solidarity.

From Seattle Times

The activist group La Resistencia, which opposes immigrant detention and deportation and has scathingly criticized conditions at the Tacoma facility, raised questions about a possible suicide.

From Seattle Times