Naky Soto
{{short description|Venezuelan writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Naky Soto
| image = Naky Soto (born 1973) in the video Dilo bien.png
| caption = On YouTube in 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|3|16|df=yes}}
| nationality = Venezuelan
| alma_mater = Andrés Bello Catholic University
| occupation = Writer
| spouse = Luis Carlos Díaz
}}
Naibet Nakarina Soto Parra (born 16 March 1973){{Cite news|date=22 September 2013|title=Naky Soto|agency=Sorbo de Letras|url=https://sorboletras.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/naky-soto/|access-date=12 September 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Soto Parra Naibet Nakarina - Edo. Miranda - Venezuela|url=https://www.dateas.com/es/persona_venezuela/soto-parra-naibet-nakarina-10689750|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Dateas}} is a Venezuelan writer.
Biography
Naky is an industriologist graduated from the Andrés Bello Catholic University,{{Cite news|last=Prieto|first=Hugo|date=8 December 2019|title=Naky Soto: "Ya no tenemos un Estado fallido, sino un Estado ausente"|agency=Prodavinci|url=https://prodavinci.com/naky-soto-ya-no-tenemos-un-estado-fallido-sino-un-estado-ausente/|access-date=12 September 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Castillo|first=Efraín|date=20 June 2016|title=Echa tu cuento con Naky Soto y Andreína Flores|agency=El Ucabista|url=https://elucabista.com/2016/06/20/echa-tu-cuento-con-naky-soto-y-andreina-flores/|access-date=12 September 2021}} has worked in the NGO Liderazgo y Visión and has an online journal about current affairs in Venezuela, the blog Zaperoqueando.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-03|title=Naky Soto y Luis Carlos Díaz: dos traductores del acontecer político|url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/naky-soto-y-luis-carlos-diaz-dos-traductores-del-acontecer-politico-en-la-red/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Efecto Cocuyo}}
Along with her husband, journalist Luis Carlos Díaz, she has hosted and created programs on various Internet platforms. In one of their first projects, "Political Hangouts", they used Google Hangouts to explain the crisis in Venezuela, where the audience participated by sending comments and questions.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-12|title=¿Quién es Luis Carlos Díaz? el periodista detenido por el régimen de Maduro|url=https://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/quien-es-luis-carlos-diaz-periodista-detenido-en-venezuela/605230/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Semana}}{{Cite web|date=2019-03-24|title=Bienvenidos al ciberespacio venezolano, Luis Carlos y Naky serán tus anfitriones|url=https://es.globalvoices.org/2019/03/24/bienvenidos-al-ciberespacio-venezolano-luis-carlos-y-naky-seran-tus-anfitriones/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Global Voices en Español|language=es}}
On 11 March 2019, Naky denounced the raid of their residence and the arrest of her husband by officials of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN).{{Cite web|date=2019-03-12|title=Naky Soto denuncia allanamiento a su residencia en la madrugada de este #12Mar|url=https://elpitazo.net/politica/naky-soto-denuncia-allanamiento-a-su-residencia-en-la-madrugada-de-este-12mar/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=El Pitazo}} Naky pressed for the release of Luis Carlos and called on the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Caracas to learn about his well-being.{{Cite news|date=2020|title=Premio Sophie Scholl 2020: Luis Carlos Díaz y Naky Soto, los forenses de la democracia venezolana|agency=Deutsche Welle|url=https://www.dw.com/es/premio-sophie-scholl-2020-luis-carlos-d%C3%ADaz-y-naky-soto-los-forenses-de-la-democracia-venezolana/a-54083844|access-date=12 September 2021}} Luis Carlos was released the following night with precautionary measures.{{Cite web|date=13 March 2019|title=Liberan al periodista hispanovenezolano Luis Carlos Díaz, aunque queda mudo en el país|url=https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2019/03/13/5c888f29fc6c833e398b48d0.html|access-date=13 March 2019|website=elmundo.es|publisher=El Mundo}}
In 2019, the Andrés Bello Catholic University published the book El costurero de lata, a compilation of Naky's chronicles. In 2020 she was awarded the Sophie Scholl Prize by the German embassy in Venezuela, an award that "seeks to recognize and accompany institutions or people who, through their commitment and work, contribute to the strengthening of democracy and the values that they support it ", along with Luis Carlos Díaz.{{Cite news|date=2020|title=Premio Sophie Scholl 2020: Luis Carlos Díaz y Naky Soto, los forenses de la democracia venezolana|agency=Deutsche Welle|url=https://www.dw.com/es/premio-sophie-scholl-2020-luis-carlos-d%C3%ADaz-y-naky-soto-los-forenses-de-la-democracia-venezolana/a-54083844|access-date=12 September 2021}}
She has been a contributor to different media and host of the YouTube channel NakyLuisCarlos along with her husband, hosting the program En serio.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-12|title=¿Quién es Luis Carlos Díaz? el periodista detenido por el régimen de Maduro|url=https://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/quien-es-luis-carlos-diaz-periodista-detenido-en-venezuela/605230/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Semana}}
References
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External links
- [http://zaperoqueando.blogspot.com/ Zaperoqueando], Blogspost
- [https://www.cinco8.com/author/naky-soto/ Naky Soto], artículos en Cinco8
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