Mariana Nogales Molinelli
{{short description|Puerto Rican politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Nogales|Molinelli|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mariana Nogales Molinelli
| image = Representante Mariana Nogales Molinelli.png
| state_house = Puerto Rico
| term_start = January 2, 2021
| term_end = January 2, 2025
| district = at-large
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|26}}
| birth_place = Humacao, Puerto Rico
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana
| alma_mater = University of Puerto Rico (BA)
University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD)
| profession = Attorney
}}
Mariana Nogales Molinelli (born October 26, 1973) is a Puerto Rican lawyer, politician, and social activist. In 2020, she was elected to the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico for the Citizens' Victory Movement (MVC) party. She had previously run as the Working People's Party of Puerto Rico's candidate for resident commissioner in the 2016 election; she received over 19,000 votes, and ended up in 4th place. She studied environmental sciences at the University of Puerto Rico, where she completed a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2006. In 2010 Mariana Nogales Molinelli earned a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. She also received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission.{{cite web|title=Escrutinio General 2016 – Resultados Comisionado Residente|url=http://elecciones2016.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_77/index.html#es/default/COMISIONADO_RESIDENTE_Resumen.xml|website=Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico|publisher=CEEPUR|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221044351/http://elecciones2016.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_77/index.html#es/default/COMISIONADO_RESIDENTE_Resumen.xml|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/comisionadoresidentepodrafiscalizarlajunta-2244436/ |title=Comisionado residente podrá fiscalizar la Junta | El Nuevo Día |publisher=Elnuevodia.com |date=September 24, 2016 |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220125809/http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/comisionadoresidentepodrafiscalizarlajunta-2244436/ |url-status=live }}
Activism
Since 2011 Nogales has practiced law on the island in the areas of family matters, civil, penal, labor and notary laws.{{Cite web|title=Biografía - Hon. Mariana Nogales Molinelli|url=http://www.tucamarapr.org/dnncamara/web/ComposiciondelaCamara/biografia.aspx?rep=244|access-date=2021-05-02|website=www.tucamarapr.org}} From 2009 to 2010 Nogales was coordinator general for the campaign to abolish the death penalty on the island. Nogales is a recognized figure among the Puerto Rican left. She has secular beliefs, and is the founder of Humanistas Seculares de Puerto Rico (Secular Humanists of Puerto Rico, in English) an organization that advocates for the separation of church and state. In 2017 she opposed the declaration of 40 days of prayer and fasting in the House of Representatives.{{Cite web|last=Rico|first=Metro Puerto|title=Critican a Mariana Nogales por querer imponer su|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2017/02/25/critican-mariana-nogales-querer-imponer-vision-atea-pueblo.html|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Metro|language=es}}
Nogales is a self-declared feminist. She has collaborated with feminist organizations such as the Movimiento Amplio de Mujeres and Proyecto Matria.{{cite web|url=http://www.camarapr.org/pres-vazquez/Fondos-Federales/Bio-Mariana-Nogales-Molinelli.pdf|title=Mariana Nogales Molinelli breve semblanza para CCPR|website=Chamber of Commerce Puerto Rico|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220132526/http://www.camarapr.org/pres-vazquez/Fondos-Federales/Bio-Mariana-Nogales-Molinelli.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web |author=Por: Metro Puerto Rico |url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2016/11/03/mariana-nogales-realiza-gesto-famosa-saga-pleno-debate.html |title=Mariana Nogales realiza gesto de famosa saga en pleno debate | Metro |publisher=Metro.pr |date=November 15, 2016 |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220211052/https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2016/11/03/mariana-nogales-realiza-gesto-famosa-saga-pleno-debate.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://globalvoices.org/2016/11/16/puerto-ricans-consider-a-future-under-governor-rossello-and-president-trump/ |title=Puerto Ricans Consider a Future Under Governor Rosselló and President Trump · Global Voices |publisher=Globalvoices.org |date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220162722/https://globalvoices.org/2016/11/16/puerto-ricans-consider-a-future-under-governor-rossello-and-president-trump/ |url-status=live }} In 2021 she supported protest in favour of permanently closing the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo.{{Cite web|title=Manifestantes exigen el cierre del Zoológico de Mayagüez|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/manifestantes-exigen-el-cierre-del-zoologico-de-mayaguez/|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Primera Hora|language=spanish}}
At the funeral service for Carlos Romero Barceló Nogales wore a t-shirt protesting the Cerro Maravilla murders that occurred under the governor's tenure.{{Cite web|title=Mariana Nogales protagoniza protesta pasiva en actos fúnebres de Romero Barceló {{!}} Gobierno {{!}} elvocero.com|url=https://www.elvocero.com/gobierno/mariana-nogales-protagoniza-protesta-pasiva-en-actos-f-nebres-de-romero-barcel/article_63dc2882-adc0-11eb-a7a1-338425197264.amp.html|access-date=2021-05-09|website=www.elvocero.com}}
PPT
In 2015 Nogales was selected as one of the PPT party leaders subsequently becoming the party president.{{Cite web|title=El PPT ya tiene sus rostros para las próximas elecciones (galería)|url=https://www.noticel.com/ahora/20151205/el-ppt-ya-tiene-sus-rostros-para-las-proximas-elecciones-galeria-2/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=www.noticel.com|language=en-US}}
House of Representatives
In 2020 Nogales was elected to the House of Representatives at large with 87,000 votes representing the third largest number of votes.{{Cite web|title=CEE Event|url=http://elecciones2020.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_93/index.html#es/pic_bar_list/REPRESENTANTES_POR_ACUMULACION_Resumen.xml|access-date=2021-05-02|website=elecciones2020.ceepur.org}}
Nogales was the author of the House of Representatives resolution 213, created to investigate the cutting of trees around the island in an attempt to reduce deforestation.{{Cite web|date=April 29, 2020|title=Buscan legislar más protecciones para evitar tala desmedida de árboles|url=https://www.paralanaturaleza.org/buscan-legislar-mas-protecciones-para-evitar-tala-desmedida-de-arboles-2/|access-date=May 14, 2021|website=Para La Naturaleza|language=Es}}{{Cite web|title=Mariana Nogales presenta resolución para investigar talas de árboles {{!}} ElCalce|url=https://elcalce.com/metroamp/contexto/mariana-nogales-presenta-resolucion-para-investigar-talas-de-arboles/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=elcalce.com|language=es}}
In 2023 Nogales was charged along with her mother and their Ocean Front Corporation for tax evasion. The previous December Nogales was fined $2,000 and publicly rebuked by the House of Representatives.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-21 |title="No me callarán", asegura Mariana Nogales tras referido en su contra al OPFEI |url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/no-me-callaran-asegura-mariana-nogales-tras-referido-en-su-contra-al-opfei/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Primera Hora |language=spanish}} In April 2024, the Supreme Court ordered the suspension of the judicial process against Mariana Nogales Molinelli, accepting the request for “certiorari” and the request for judicial assistance presented by the Office of the Independent Special Prosecutor's Group (OPFEI).{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=Tribunal Supremo paraliza procedimiento judicial contra la representante Mariana Nogales |url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/tribunales/notas/tribunal-supremo-paraliza-procedimiento-judicial-contra-la-representante-mariana-nogales/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=El Nuevo Dia |language=spanish}}
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