Linda Machuca | |
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| Education | University of Cuenca (et al) |
| Occupation | politician |
| Known for | represented migrants in the National Assembly |
| Political party | Allianz Party |
Linda Machuca Moscoso is an Ecuadorian politician who represented migrants in the National Assembly until 2015. She became Ecuador's consul in New York in 2016.
Machuca was born in Cuenca [1] and she graduated from that city's University. She migrated to the United States with her family. She was involved in grafting the 2007 constitution for Ecuador. She joined the Allianz party and she was their successful candidate to represent migrants to North American in Ecuador's National Assembly. [1]
She was elected to be the President of FIPA's Group of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas in 2009. She succeeded Cecilia López who was a senator in Colombia. In 2010 Machuca was at the National Assembly as the building was the location of an international meeting of that group. [2] Machuca welcomed the delegates from sixteen counties and highlighted that, 6 out of 10 women suffer domestic violence, in her opening address. [3]
In 2012 she was in the US, explaining a new fund that was open to Ecuadorians who were living abroad and wanted to study at a university. The $180m fund was available to people born in Ecuador or who had Ecauadrian parents as they were considered to be Ecuadorian nationals. [4] She was a member of the assembly until 2015. [5]
In April 2016 she was appointed as Ecuador's consul general in New York by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ricardo Patiño Aroca. [1] She established an office in Manhattan taking over a floor of a building in 800 Second Avenue. She was elected to be the President of the Latin American consuls. [5]
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