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in 1963. Despite having finished the program, Lil decided not to graduate as a form of protest against a political system that she considered unjust and oppressive, and which she had no desire to serve.
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on April 3, 1946 to philosopher and professor Tránsito Huezo Córdoba de Ramírez and José Ramírez Ávalos, who had three more children together: Luz América, Amada, and José Napoleón. Lil entered the
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