Liborio Guarulla

Guarulla was born on July 23, 1954, in the Amazonas town of La Isleta, in the Maroa Municipality. He studied at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, graduating with a degree in Visual Arts.{{cite web|title=Liborio Guarulla|url=https://poderopediave.org/persona/liborio-guarulla/|publisher=Poderopedia|accessdate=2021-10-05|language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.amazonas.gob.ve/gobernacion/gobernador.html|title=Biografía del Gobernador del Estado Amazonas|date=2006|publisher=Gobierno Indígena del Estado Amazonas|language=es|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125132838/http://www.amazonas.gob.ve/gobernacion/gobernador.html|archivedate=2010-11-25|url-status=dead}}

He joined several political parties: MAS, La Causa Radical, and Patria Para Todos; with the latter, he won the governorship of his state. A challenge was mounted before the Supreme Court in the 2000 election in which José Bernabé Gutiérrez of the Acción Democrática party was initially declared the winner. After an alleged fraud was demonstrated, the areas in question re-voted, and Guarulla won for the 2001–2005 period. He was re-elected in 2005{{cite web|url=https://www.nacion.com/archivo/justicia-ratifica-prohibicion-salida-pais-contra-lider-opositor/MPSIRP2ZHFCNZDRHMAX65Y2ABI/story/|title=Justicia ratifica prohibición salida país contra líder opositor |date=2005-08-10|publisher=La Nacion|accessdate=2021-10-05|language=es}}{{cite web|title=Missionaries' Mission at Issue |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-20-fg-missionaries20-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2005-11-20|accessdate=2021-10-05|language=en|archivedate=2021-02-11|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211000648/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-20-fg-missionaries20-story.html|author=Chris Kraul}} and 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cne.gob.ve/divulgacion_regionales_2010/index.php?e=22&m=00&p=00&c=00&t=00&ca=00&v=02|title=Divulgación Regionales y Municipales. Estado: Amazonas|date=2010-12-05|publisher=National Electoral Council|accessdate=2021-10-05|language=es}} Guarulla worked with other opposition leaders to form a unity candidate to challenge Hugo Chávez for the presidency.{{cite news|url=http://nuevaprensa.web.ve/content/view/57177/ |title=Guarulla: Adición a la tarjeta unitaria se definirá próximamente |accessdate=17 August 2011 |date=5 August 2011 |first1=José |last1=Madrid |publisher=Nueva Prensa de Oriente |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325154011/http://nuevaprensa.web.ve/content/view/57177/ |archivedate=25 March 2012 |language=es }} He separated from the party Patria para todos and formed the progressivist party MPV. In the election, Chavez beat opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/world/americas/venezuela-presidential-election.html?hp |title= Chávez Wins a Third Term in Venezuela Amid Historically High Turnout |work= The New York Times |date= 7 October 2012 |access-date=8 October 2012}} In the same year, Guarulla was again re-elected in Amazonas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cne.gob.ve/resultado_regional_2012/r/1/reg_000000.html?|title=Divulgación Regionales 2012|date=2012-12-16|publisher=National Electoral Council|accessdate=2021-10-05|language=es}}{{cite web|title=19 gobernaciones para el oficialismo, 3 para la oposición |url=https://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/elecciones-2012/121216/19-gobernaciones-para-el-oficialismo-3-para-la-oposicion|work=El Universal|date=2016-12-16|language=es|archivedate=2016-03-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102307/https://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/elecciones-2012/121216/19-gobernaciones-para-el-oficialismo-3-para-la-oposicion|url-status=dead}}

In 2014, Guarulla and another opposition-aligned governor Henri Falcón participated in the dialogue with the government amid the protests.{{cite web|title=Venezuelan opposition leader sits out dialogue|url=https://apnews.com/article/eab0647a535042b899b013f96795fce4|work=Associated Press |date=2014-02-25 |accessdate=2021-10-05 |language=en |author=Ben Fox}}

In 2019, Guarulla joined A New Era party.{{cite web|title=UNT recibe al exgobernador Guarulla y a seis diputados de la AN|url=https://800noticias.com/unt-recibe-al-exgobernador-guarulla-y-a-seis-diputados-de-la-an|publisher=800 Noticias|date=2019-08-12|accessdate=2021-10-05|language=es}}

In the context of the 2017 Venezuelan protests, which started when the Supreme Tribunal of Justice closed the parliament,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/31/venezuelas-supreme-court-shuts-parliament-opponents-say-slide/ |title=Venezuela's Supreme Court shuts down parliament in what opponents say is slide towards dictatorship|accessdate=26 May 2017 |date=31 March 2017 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph }} Guarulla was barred from office for 15 years. In consequence of that decision, Guarulla cursed those responsible.

«I will invoke the power of my ancestors and my shamans so that the curse of the Dabukuri falls upon those who have tried to do us evil, I assure you that you won’t die without torment. I assure you that before you die you will begin to suffer and that your soul will wander through the darkest and most pestilent places before you can, somehow, close your eyes».{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/19/venezuela-maduro-shamanic-curse-liborio-guarulla|title=Unrest, sanctions – and now Venezuela's Maduro faces a shamanic curse|accessdate=26 May 2017 |date=19 May 2017 |work=The Guardian }}{{cite news|url=http://www.talcualdigital.com/Nota/142717/conozca-de-que-trata-la-maldicion-que-le-lanzo-liborio-a-maduro|title=Conozca de qué trata la maldición que le lanzó Liborio a Maduro|accessdate=26 May 2017 |date=17 May 2017 |publisher=Tal Cual |language=es }}

The curse was executed on May 17, 2017, at the end of the March Of The Shamans in Puerto Ayacucho, the capital of Amazonas.{{cite news|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/oposicion/gran-marcha-shamanes-indigenas-marchan-contra-dictadura_182698|title=La Gran Marcha de Shamanes: indígenas marchan contra la dictadura|accessdate=26 May 2017 |date=17 May 2017 |publisher=El Nacional |language=es }}

Guarulla is married to Judith Campos and has two children, Pumeyawa Guarulla and Liborio Guarulla Umawaly.

His sister, {{Interlanguage link|Nirma Guarulla|es}}, is also a politician. She headed the Legislative council of Amazonas and represented the state in the National Assembly.{{cite web|title=Nirma Guarulla|url=https://poderopediave.org/persona/nirma-guarulla/|website=Poderopedia|accessdate=2021-10-05|language=es}}

Liborio's nephew, Eric Guarulla Payua, was the head of the General Archive of Amazonas Governor’s Office. In 2017, he was murdered while in office.{{cite web|url=https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2017/05/19/fallen-cross/ |title=Fallen Cross |publisher=Caracas Chronicles |date=19 May 2017|accessdate=2021-10-05}}

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