<Tr> <Th> Family </Th> <Td> Cesaria Amaro (mother) Nicolas Fiorello Amaro (father) Sonya Amaro (sister) Zara Amaro (daughter) Maria Grazie Amaro (ex-wife) Gilberto Mancheno (son) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Partner </Th> <Td> Olivia Benson Dominick Carisi Jr . Amanda Rollins </Td> </Tr> <P> Nicolas "Nick" Amaro is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Danny Pino . Amaro is a detective with the Manhattan SVU at the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department . </P> <P> Amaro's father, Nicolas Amaro, Sr. (Armand Assante), was abusive to both his mother and him, and later fled to Miami, Florida . Amaro is of Cuban descent and attributes his firm belief in divorce to watching his mother, Cesaria (Nancy Ticotin), suffer through her marriage . Amaro testifies against his father when Nicolas is accused of beating his new fiancee, Gabriela, but the elder Amaro is acquitted . After the trial, Amaro and his father make a tentative reconciliation . </P>

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