The National Unity of Hope is a populist political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defined itself as a social-democratic and social-Christian party,but since transformed and is now described as a right-wing party. It is the largest political party in Guatemala by the number of members.
Lidia Gueiler Tejada was a Bolivian politician who served as the 56th president of Bolivia on an interim basis from 1979 to 1980. She was Bolivia's first female Head of State,and the second female head of state in a republic in the history of the Americas.
The Unionist Party is a conservative political party in Guatemala,who advocates the re-creation of a Central American union.
As established in the Colombian Constitution of 1991,women in Colombia have the right to bodily integrity and autonomy;to vote;to hold public office;to work;to fair wages or equal pay;to own property;to receive an education;to serve in the military in certain duties,but are excluded from combat arms units;to enter into legal contracts;and to have marital,parental and religious rights. Women's rights in Colombia have been gradually developing since the early 20th Century.
Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr is a Costa Rican politician and economist who served as the Vice-president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. She is the first woman of African descent to be vice president in Costa Rica and in Latin America.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in Guatemala face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Guatemala.
María Rivera Urquieta was a Chilean professor and feminist. She was one of the founding members of the Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women. She was a lecturer for the Chilean Federation of Feminine Institutions and led one of the conference meetings at the Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres held in Guatemala City,Guatemala in 1947.
Ana Rosa Tornero (1907–1984) was a Bolivian writer,journalist,teacher,social reformer and a feminist. She published the first feminist magazine in Bolivia and was one of the founders of the first feminist organization in the country.
Carmen Sánchez de Bustamante Calvo was a Bolivian woman's rights advocate and the first Bolivian woman to serve on the OAS's Inter-American Commission of Women. She also served on the organizing committee from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom for the Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres. A Bolivian women's rights organization,the Carmen Sánchez Bustamante Foundation was named in recognition of her work to promote women's rights.
Argentina Díaz Lozano was the pseudonym for the Honduran writer Argentina Bueso Mejía. She was a journalist and novelist,who wrote in the romantic style with feminist themes. She won numerous awards for her books,including the Golden Quetzel from Guatemala,the Honduran National Literature Prize Ramón Rosa" and the "Order Cruzeiro do Sud" from Brazil. She was admitted to the Academia Hondureña de la Lengua and is the only Central American woman whose work has officially contended for a Nobel Prize for Literature.
Amparo Rubiales Torrejón is a Spanish politician who belongs to the political party PSOE and is ex-counsellor of the Junta de Andalucía. She holds a PhD in Laws,and is a lawyer and Senior Lecturer of Administrative Law at the University of Seville.
Ixora Robertina Rojas Paz was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. She represented Zulia in the National Congress of Venezuela and served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 1998 to 1999.
Tomasa Yarhui Jacomé is a Bolivian lawyer and politician. She became the country's first indigenous government minister when she occupied the portfolio of Peasant Affairs and Indigenous Peoples during the government of President Jorge Quiroga on 5 March 2002.
María Izquierdo Rojo is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She was a member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies in 1977–1979,1979–1982 and 1986–1989,representing Granada. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2004.
Adriana Blanca Cristina Muñoz d'Albora is a Chilean sociologist and politician who serves as a member of the Senate of Chile,representing the 4th constituency of the Coquimbo Region. She previously served as president of the Senate of Chile.
Sara Justo was an Argentine women's rights activist,educator and dentist. She was a leader in the women's rights movement of Argentina early in the 20th century,supporting women's suffrage and co-founding both the Women's Pro-Suffrage Committee and the Feminist Center of Argentina. She was one of the first four women dentists in Argentina,graduating from the University of Buenos Aires in 1901.
