Julia Figueredo
{{Short description|Bolivian politician (born 1966)}}
{{For|the Spanish judoka|Julia Figueroa}}
{{Family name hatnote|Figueredo|Paniagua|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Julia Figueredo
| image = Julia Figueredo Paniagua. Official portrait, 2014. Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia. Original.png
| caption = Official portrait, 2014
| alt = Headshot of Julia Figueredo
| office = {{Br list|Member of the Chamber of Deputies|from La Paz}}
| 1blankname = {{Nowrap|Substitute}}
| 1namedata = Eufren Troche
| term_start = 19 January 2010
| term_end = 18 January 2015
| predecessor = Fernando Messmer
| successor = Andrea Bonilla
| constituency = Party list
| birth_name = Julia Figueredo Paniagua
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|05|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = San José, La Paz, Bolivia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Movement for Socialism
| occupation = {{Hlist|Agricultural worker|politician|trade unionist}}
}}
Julia Figueredo Paniagua (born 22 May 1966) is a Bolivian agricultural worker, politician, and trade unionist who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz from 2010 to 2015.
Figueredo was born in the Altiplano but relocated to the Yungas as a young adult. Her family made careers as agricultural workers, with Figueredo also taking courses to become a midwife. She was active in trade unionism, holding positions on the local and provincial level within the region's agrarian and women's syndicates, particularly the Bartolina Sisa Confederation.
A member of the Movement for Socialism, Figueredo was appointed sub-prefect of Inquisivi Province and elected to the Chamber of Deputies from the party's electoral list in 2009. She joined a small caucus of legislators representing the Bartolina Sisa Confederation in parliament. At the end of her term, Figueredo did not seek reelection.
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Early life and career
= Early life and education =
Julia Figueredo was born on 22 May 1966 in San José, a rural settlement in Papel Pampa, second municipal section of the Villarroel Province, on the highland Altiplano Plateau.{{sfnm|1a1=Vargas|1a2=Villavicencio|1y=2014|1p=71|2a1=Educa|2y=2015|3a1=Romero Ballivián|3y=2018|3p=225}} The dry{{snd}}bordering on arid{{snd}}region is primarily populated by the Aymara, who base their livings on a mixture of animal husbandry and small-scale agriculture.{{sfn|Educa|2015}} For their part, Figueredo's family were pastoralists: they grazed cattle and herded sheep, with some smallholdings for crop cultivation.{{sfn|Gonzales Salas|2013|p=160}}
A peasant, Figueredo's youth was mired in abject poverty.{{sfn|Gonzales Salas|2013|p=160}} Her father, Luciano Figueredo, abandoned the family, leaving her mother, Gregoria Paniagua Fernández, to raise Julia and her six siblings on her own. The family's income allowed Figueredo to attend school only through fourth-grade primary.{{sfnm|1a1=Gonzales Salas|1y=2013|1p=160|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2p=71}} As a young adult, she took vocational courses in nurse assistance, certifying her to work as a practicing midwife.{{sfnm|1a1=Gonzales Salas|1y=2013|1p=160|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2p=71|3a1=Romero Ballivián|3y=2018|3p=226}}{{efn-lg|Lack of female educational attainment was a frequent experience in rural agrarian regions of the country. Common practice was to prioritize male education, whereas girls were instead prepared for domestic labor. In the absence of basic rural health services, midwifery allowed some women to play an elevated social role, even into the beginning of the twenty-first century.{{sfn|Romero Ballivián|2018|pp=225–226}}}}
= Career and trade unionism =
After marrying her husband around age 19–20, Figueredo settled in Inquisivi Province in the tropical Yungas.{{sfnm|1a1=Página Siete|1y=2012|2a1=Gonzales Salas|2y=2013|2p=160}} The couple tended to a small chacra in Lacayotini, a village in Licoma Pampa Municipality, where they harvested vegetables like potatoes and tomatoes and worked as dairy farmers.{{sfnm|Página Siete|2012}}
Around this time, Figueredo started taking part in the labor movement as a member of the region's rural trade syndicates.{{sfn|Gonzales Salas|2013|p=160}} Beginning in the early aughts, Figueredo progressively rose through the ranks of the Bartolina Sisa Confederation, chairing her local agrarian and women's union before being elected executive secretary of the organization's provincial branch in Inquisivi.{{sfnm|1a1=Página Siete|1y=2012|2a1=Gonzales Salas|2y=2013|2pp=160–161|3a1=Vargas|3a2=Villavicencio|3y=2014|3p=71|4a1=Romero Ballivián|4y=2018|4p=226}} During this time, she was actively involved in the mass mobilizations that characterized early 2000s Bolivia, including the 2003 gas conflict and the tribulations of the 2006–2007 Constituent Assembly.{{sfnm|1a1=Gonzales Salas|1y=2013|1p=160|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2p=71}}
Backed by community members in Licoma, Figueredo was appointed sub-prefect of Inquisivi by La Paz Prefect {{Ill|Pablo Ramos Sánchez|es|lt=Pablo Ramos}}. In her position, Figueredo worked to develop provincial road infrastructure and public works. She collaborated with the departmental administration to promote the bicentennial anniversary of the La Paz revolution{{snd}}whose leader, Pedro Domingo Murillo, was born in Inquisivi.{{sfnm|1a1=Gonzales Salas|1y=2013|1p=161|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2p=71}}
Chamber of Deputies
= Election =
{{Further|2009 Bolivian general election}}
Personal sympathy toward the political left, coupled with the pre-existing ties many peasant unions had to the party, fostered Figueredo's affiliation with the Movement for Socialism (MAS).{{sfnm|1a1=Página Siete|1y=2012|2a1=Romero Ballivián|2y=2018|2p=226}} Figueredo formally joined the MAS in tandem with her ascension through union leadership,{{sfnm|Página Siete|2012}} buoyed by the Bartolina Sisa Confederation's entrenched roots within the party apparatus.{{sfn|Jáuregui Jinés|2019|pp=50–59}} In 2009, Figueredo was put forward by the Bartolinas for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.{{sfn|Romero Ballivián|2018|p=226}} She wrested the nomination from among three contending candidates representing regional social movement organizations{{snd}}the Bartolina Sisa and Túpac Katari unions and select cocalero groups{{snd}}and was presented on the MAS's electoral list in the La Paz Department.{{sfnm|1a1=Página Siete|1y=2012|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2p=71|3a1=Romero Ballivián|3y=2018|3p=226}}
= Tenure =
Figueredo joined nine other members of the Bartolina Sisa Confederation in parliament{{snd}}five in the Chamber of Deputies, with one other representing the same department: Patricia Mancilla.{{sfn|Jáuregui Jinés|2019|pp=140–141; 193}} Considering her Yungas roots, she was made a member of the Coca Leaf Committee from 2010 to 2011 but spent the duration of her term as part of the Prosecutor's Office Committee.{{sfn|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014|pp=71; 318}} In 2013, Figueredo was elected president of La Paz's parliamentary delegation, the first indigenous woman to hold the post.{{sfnm|1a1=Prensa Diputados|1y=2013|2a1=Vargas|2a2=Villavicencio|2y=2014|2p=71}} At the end of her term, Figueredo was not nominated for reelection, nor did she seek it, preferring instead to retire to her chacra in Inquisivi.{{sfnm|1a1=Página Siete|1y=2012|2a1=Gonzales Salas|2y=2013|2p=162|3a1=Romero Ballivián|3y=2018|3p=226}}
= Commission assignments =
- Plural Justice, Prosecutor's Office, and Legal Defense of the State Commission
- Prosecutor's Office and Legal Defense of the State Committee (2011–2015){{sfnm|1a1=Prensa Diputados|1y=2011|2a1=Prensa Diputados|2y=2012|3a1=Vargas|3a2=Villavicencio|3y=2014|3pp=307; 312}}
- Rural Native Indigenous Peoples and Nations, Cultures, and Interculturality Commission
- Coca Leaf Committee (2010–2011){{sfn|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014|p=318}}
Electoral history
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|+ {{sronly|Electoral history of Julia Figueredo}} ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Year ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Votes ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|Ref|Reference}}. |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total
! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | % ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|P|Position}}. |
|---|
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2009
| Deputy | style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)}};"| | 1,099,259 | 80.28% | 1st | {{yes2|Won}} | {{sfn|Atlas Electoral|2009}}{{efn-lg|name=fn1|Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.}} |
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=9 | Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ {{!}} [https://atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo/#/ Electoral Atlas] |
References
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= Works cited =
Online and list sources
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- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Prensa Diputados|2011}} |title=Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2011–2012 |url=http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |website=diputados.bo |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |publisher=Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526205735/http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |archive-date=26 May 2011 |access-date=1 August 2023}}
- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Prensa Diputados|2012}} |title=Comisiones y Comités: Periodo Legislativo 2012–2013 |url=http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |website=diputados.bo |language=es |publication-place=La Paz |publisher=Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205103931/http://www.diputados.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=59 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |access-date=1 August 2023}}
- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Atlas Electoral|2009}} |title=Elecciones Generales 2009 {{!}} Atlas Electoral |url=https://atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo/#/subproceso/82/36/3 |website=atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo |language=es |location=La Paz |publisher=Órgano Electoral Plurinacional |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/QLVW0 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |access-date=1 August 2023}}
- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Educa|2015}} |title=Papel Pampa – Provincia G. Villarroel |url=https://www.educa.com.bo/geografia/papel-pampa-municipio-de-g-villarroel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807060322/http://www.educa.com.bo/geografia/papel-pampa-municipio-de-g-villarroel |archive-date=7 August 2016 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=educa.com.bo |date=20 December 2015 |language=es}}
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Digital and print publications
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- {{Cite news |ref={{harvid|Página Siete|2012}} |last=Peralta |first=Pablo |date=18 June 2012 |title=Diputada afirma que 'a veces' ganaba más siendo agricultora |trans-title=Lawmaker Affirms That She "Sometimes" Earned More as a Farmer |work=Página Siete |language=es |publication-place=La Paz}}
- {{Cite web |ref={{harvid|Prensa Diputados|2013}} |title=Posesionan brigada de asambleístas plurinacionales de La Paz |trans-title=Members of La Paz's Parliamentary Delegation Take Office |url=http://brigadacbba.blogspot.com/2013/02/posesionan-brigada-de-asambleistas.html |website=brigadacbba.blogspot.com |date=7 February 2013 |language=es |location=La Paz |publisher=Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731220950/http://brigadacbba.blogspot.com/2013/02/posesionan-brigada-de-asambleistas.html |archive-date=31 July 2023 |access-date=1 August 2023}}
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Books and encyclopedias
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- {{Cite book |editor-last=Gonzales Salas |editor-first=Inés |year=2013 |title=Biografías: Historias de vida en la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional |url=https://archive.org/details/historias-de-vida-en-la-asamblea-legislativa-plurinacional/page/160 |language=es |publisher=Editorial Gente Común; ERBOL; Fundación Friedrich Ebert; IDEA Internacional |pages=160–162 |isbn=978-99954-93-05-9 |oclc=876429743 |via=the Internet Archive}}
- {{Cite book |last=Jáuregui Jinés |first=Luciana |year=2019 |title=Las Bartolinas y sus tres ojos: Historia, identidad y conflicto social |url=https://archive.org/details/las-bartolinas-y-sus-tres-ojos |language=es |location=La Paz |publisher=Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional |oclc=1142815054 |via=the Internet Archive}}
- {{Cite book |last=Romero Ballivián |first=Salvador |author-link=Salvador Romero |year=2018 |editor-last=Quiroga Velasco |editor-first=Camilo |title=Diccionario biográfico de parlamentarios 1979–2019 |url=https://archive.org/details/diccionario-biografico-de-parlamentarios-1979-2019/page/225 |language=es |edition=2nd |location=La Paz |publisher=FUNDAPPAC; Fundación Konrad Adenauer |pages=225–226 |isbn=978-99974-0-021-5 |oclc=1050945993 |via=the Internet Archive}}
- {{Cite book |ref={{harvid|Vargas|Villavicencio|2014}} |editor-last1=Vargas Luna |editor-first1=María Elena |editor-last2=Villavicencio Arancibia |editor-first2=Jois Sarelly |year=2014 |title=Primera Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia, Cámara de Diputados: Diccionario biográfico, diputadas y diputados titulares y suplentes 2010–2015 |url=https://archive.org/details/primera-asamblea-legislativa-plurinacional-de-bolivia/page/71 |language=es |location=La Paz |publisher=Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional |page=71 |oclc=961105285 |via=the Internet Archive}}
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External links
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- [https://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/spip.php?page=parlamentario&id_parlamentario=47 Parliamentary profile] Office of the Vice President {{inlang|es}}.
- [https://erbol.com.bo/podcast/biografias_asamblea_plurinacional/julia_figueredo_paniagua Biographic profile] ERBOL {{inlang|es}}.
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