Remedios Loza
{{Short description|Bolivian Aymara artisan, television presenter and politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Loza|Alvarado|lang=Spanish}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name = Remedios Loza
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Remedios_Loza.jpg
|alt =
|office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz
|term_start = 6 August 1989
|term_end = 6 August 2002
|birth_date = {{birth date|1949|08|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = La Paz, Bolivia
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|14|1949|08|21|df=y}}
|death_place = La Paz, Bolivia
|birthname = Francisca Remedios Loza Alvarado
|party = CONDEPA
|children = Sayuri Loza
|father = Marciano Loza
|mother = María Cleofé Alvarado
}}
Francisca Remedios Loza Alvarado (21 August 1949 – 14 December 2018) was a Bolivian artisan, television presenter and politician.
Biography
Remedios Loza was born in La Paz on 21 August 1949, the eldest of eleven siblings. She wove art pieces for Alasitas.{{cite news |title=Muere Remedios Loza, la chola rebelde que hizo historia en el país |url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/sociedad/2018/12/15/muere-remedios-loza-la-chola-rebelde-que-hizo-historia-en-el-pais-203271.html |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=Pagína Siete |date=15 December 2015 |language=es}} After hearing her native Aymara language on the radio for the first time in September 1965,{{cite news |title=Remedios Loza fallece un mes después de recibir un homenaje |url=https://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/Remedios-Loza-fallece-un-mes-despues-de-recibir-un-homenaje-20181214-9635.html |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=El Deber |date=14 December 2018 |language=es}} Loza turned to the medium herself, and later became a television presenter. While working in media, Loza met Carlos Palenque.{{cite news |title=Fallece la "comadre" Remedios Loza a los 69 años |url=https://erbol.com.bo/noticia/social/14122018/fallece_la_comadre_remedios_loza_los_69_anos_de_edad_por_cancer |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=Erbol |date=14 December 2018 |language=es}} She became the first person of indigenous descent to be seated in the Bolivian National Congress. Loza was a member of the Conscience of Fatherland (CONDEPA) and represented La Paz between 1989 and 2002. She ran on CONDEPA presidential ticket twice, as vice presidential candidate to Palenque in 1993, and as the party's presidential candidate in 1997, following Palenque's death.{{cite news |title=Bolivia: Muere Remedios Loza, la primera mujer aymara en llegar al Congreso |url=https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/latinoamerica/bolivia-primera-parlamentaria-aymara-fallece-69-anos-noticia-nndc-587952 |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=El Comecio |date=14 December 2018 |language=es}}
Loza died of stomach cancer on 14 December 2018,{{Cite web|date=2018-12-15|title=Muere Remedios Loza, la primera mujer de pollera que llegó al Parlamento - La Razón|url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/Muere-Remedios-Loza-pollera-Parlamento_0_3056694339.html|access-date=2021-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215014647/https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/Muere-Remedios-Loza-pollera-Parlamento_0_3056694339.html|archive-date=2018-12-15}} and was honored with a state funeral at the Plurinational Legislative Assembly on 17 December 2018.{{cite news |title=Velan restos de Remedios Loza en el Legislativo |url=https://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/Velan-restos-de-Remedios-Loza-en-el-Legislativo-20181217-9019.html |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=El Deber |date=17 December 2018 |language=es}}
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Category:Deaths from cancer in Bolivia
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Category:Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)
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Category:20th-century Bolivian women politicians
Category:20th-century Bolivian politicians
Category:21st-century Bolivian women politicians
Category:21st-century Bolivian politicians
Category:Bolivian people of Aymara descent