Mónica Bottero
{{Short description|Uruguayan journalist, writer and politician}}
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Mónica Bottero Tovagliare (born 1964) is a Uruguayan journalist, writer and politician from the Independent Party (PI).
Career
Bottero has been a journalist since 1982, when she joined the editorial office of El Día.{{Cite web |title=Mónica Bottero |url=https://www.findesiglo.com.uy/portfolio-item/monica-bottero/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Editorial Fin de Siglo |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=www.lunar.com.uy |title=Tuve que salir de la zona de confort a los 50 años, y eso está muy bueno. |url=https://www.cala.com.uy/secciones/detalle/186 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=www.cala.com.uy |language=es}} She was part of the founding staff of the weekly newspaper Brecha, and worked as a parliamentary chronicler and editor of special reports on national politics, as well as a correspondent in Central America. As a journalist for the politics section of El Día, she covered the events of the democratic transition in 1985. Years later she moved to Cuba to take a UNESCO course. In 1988, when she returned to Uruguay, she began working at Búsqueda, until 2017. From 2010 to 2017 she served as Editor-in-Chief of magazine Gallery of the weekly Búsqueda.{{Cite web |title="Con Galería el periodismo irrumpió en la vida privada de las personas" |url=https://galeria.montevideo.com.uy/Revista-Galeria/-Con-Galeria-el-periodismo-irrumpio-en-la-vida-privada-de-las-personas--uc767399 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Revista Galeria de Busqueda en Montevideo Portal |language=es}} From 2017 to 2018, she was a panelist on the debate program Todos las Voces aired on Channel 4.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-07 |title=Mónica Bottero: "Hacer la gestión pública me fascina" - 02/08/2020 - EL PAÍS Uruguay |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/domingo/monica-bottero-gestion-publica-me-fascina.html |access-date=2022-03-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807122620/https://www.elpais.com.uy/domingo/monica-bottero-gestion-publica-me-fascina.html |archive-date=7 August 2020 |url-status=dead}} She has served as a reporter for the Cuban agency Prensa Latina and a reference journalist for The New York Times.
Political career
At the beginning of 2019, Bottero joined the Independent Party as head of the communication division. She was officially presented by the party leader, Pablo Mieres, on February 26 in the annex of the Legislative Palace.{{Cite web |last=Observador |first=El |title=La periodista Mónica Bottero se mete en política con el Partido Independiente |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/la-periodista-monica-bottero-se-mete-en-politica-con-el-partido-independiente-201922215224 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=El Observador}} In June, facing the presidential primaries, she begins as a political leader with an accusatory speech against political outsiders.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-29 |title=Bottero se estrenó como dirigente y cuestionó a los que prometen lo que la gente quiere escuchar |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/bottero-se-estreno-como-dirigente-y-cuestiono-a-los-que-prometen-lo-que-la-gente-quiere-escuchar-201961393536 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129182314/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/bottero-se-estreno-como-dirigente-y-cuestiono-a-los-que-prometen-lo-que-la-gente-quiere-escuchar-201961393536 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |url-status=dead}} On July 13, Mieres announced Bottero as his running mate.{{Cite web |last=Grupo 180 |title=Independientes confirmaron la fórmula Mieres-Bottero |url=https://www.180.com.uy/articulo/80205_independientes-confirmaron-la-formula-mieres-bottero |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=www.180.com.uy |language=es-UY}} She declared that she knew and did not want to deny that her place in the formula was due to her gender, stating "I do not want to deny it, much less be ashamed of being a product of the quota".{{Cite web |date=2020-08-09 |title=Mónica Bottero será la vice de Mieres: "Donde el partido decida ponerme yo estoy" - Información - 13/07/2019 - EL PAÍS Uruguay |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/periodista-monica-bottero-anunciada-companera-formula-mieres.html |access-date=2022-03-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809045027/https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/periodista-monica-bottero-anunciada-companera-formula-mieres.html |archive-date=9 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}
In the general election, the Mieres-Bottero formula obtained 0.97 percent of the vote.{{Cite web |title=ELECCIONES NACIONALES 2019 |url=https://eleccionesnacionales.corteelectoral.gub.uy/ResumenResultados.htm |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=eleccionesnacionales.corteelectoral.gub.uy}} For the second round of the election, the Independent Party supported the Luis Lacalle Pou-Beatriz Argimón formula as part of the Coalición Multicolor.{{Cite web |title=El Partido Independiente oficializó su apoyo a Lacalle Pou |url=https://www.subrayado.com.uy/el-partido-independiente-oficializo-su-apoyo-la-candidatura-lacalle-pou-n567760 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=subrayado.com.uy |language=es-UY}} After Lacalle Pou's victory, she was appointed director of the National Institute for Women of the Ministry of Social Development.{{Cite web |title=Mónica Bottero, Directora Nacional de INMUJERES del MIDES se reunió con el Intendente José Menéndez - Intendencia de Tacuarembó |url=https://tacuarembo.gub.uy/stg/comunicacion/noticias/monica-bottero-directora-nacional-de-inmujeres-del-mides-se-reunio-con-el-intendente-jose-menendez/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=tacuarembo.gub.uy |language=es}}
Works
- 1988: Mujeres (veintiséis retratos de uruguayas)
- 1992: Montevideo de puño y letra (Fin de siglo, collaborator)
- 1997: Mujeres uruguayas I (colaboradora, {{ISBN|9974-671-08-6}})
- 2001: Mujeres uruguayas II (colaboradora)
- 2000: Grandes entrevistas uruguayas (collaborator, compiled by César di Candia)
- 2005: Diosas y brujas (Fin de Siglo)
- 2006: Pongámoslo así (Fin de Siglo)
- 2009: Madres al límite, cinco historias reales de maternidad uruguaya
References
External links
- {{Twitter|mnicabottero}}
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