La Medusa Honorable

impressions of Miriam Germán Brito

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La Medusa Honorable — Impression of Miriam Germán Brito

Amanta Scott, encaustic on canvas on birch panel, 40x40

 

Miriam Germán Brito is a lawyer, former Supreme Court Judge and current Attorney General of the Dominican Republic.

Fiercely committed to fighting administrative corruption rooted in the previous government, Miriam Germán Brito launched Operation Medusa, charging officials with crimes of association of criminals, fraud against the State, bribery, coalition of officials, falsification of public documents, identity theft, electronic crimes, and money laundering.

“Yo hace tiempo que aprendí que los demás tratan a uno no como uno es sino como ellos son.”
— Miriam Germán Brito
“I learned long ago that others treat you not as you are but as they are.”
— Miriam Germán Brito

Perseo vencedor de Medusa, Giordano, Luca y Taller, 1699 - 1702. Óleo sobre lienzo, 223 x 91 cm, Museo del Prado

Miriam Germán Brito en el momento que era agredida en el Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura; photo

Medusa

Medusa refers both to the archetypal wronged-woman with venomous snakes for hair, whose rage, pain and horrifying image turns unsuspecting viewers to stone; and to the immortal, and deadly, jellyfish, subphylum Medusozoa.

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Medusa, Caravaggio, 1597, Uffizi, Florence, Italy

References

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  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
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