Remedios Loza
Francisca Remedios Loza Alvarado (21 August 1949 – 14 December 2018) was a Bolivian artisan, television presenter and politician. She was born in La Paz.[1]
Biography
After hearing her native Aymara language on the radio for the first time in September 1965,[2] Loza became a television presenter. She became the first person of indigenous descent to be seated in the Bolivian National Congress. Loza was a member of the Conscience of Fatherland (CONDEPA) and represented La Paz between 1989 and 2002.
She ran on CONDEPA presidential ticket twice in 1993 and in 1997.[3]
Loza died of stomach cancer on 14 December 2018 in La Paz, aged 69.[4]
References
- ↑ "Muere Remedios Loza, la primera mujer de pollera que llegó al Parlamento" (in es). La Razon. 14 December 2018. http://www.la-razon.com/nacional/Muere-Remedios-Loza-pollera-Parlamento_0_3056694339.html. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ↑ "Remedios Loza fallece un mes después de recibir un homenaje" (in es). El Deber. 14 December 2018. https://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/Remedios-Loza-fallece-un-mes-despues-de-recibir-un-homenaje-20181214-9635.html. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ↑ "Bolivia: Muere Remedios Loza, la primera mujer aymara en llegar al Congreso" (in es). El Comecio. 14 December 2018. https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/latinoamerica/bolivia-primera-parlamentaria-aymara-fallece-69-anos-noticia-nndc-587952. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ↑ "Velan restos de Remedios Loza en el Legislativo" (in es). El Deber. 17 December 2018. https://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/Velan-restos-de-Remedios-Loza-en-el-Legislativo-20181217-9019.html. Retrieved 20 December 2018.