Kary Mariscal
Headshot of Kary Mariscal
Official portrait, 2017
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
from Santa Cruz circumscription 54
In office
18 January 2015 – 3 November 2020
SubstituteLuis Fernando López
Preceded byMaría del Carmen España[lower-greek 1]
Succeeded byMaría René Álvarez
Constituency
Personal details
Born
Kary Mariscal Guzmán

(1976-03-09) 9 March 1976
San Ignacio de Velasco, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Political partyRevolutionary Nationalist Movement
Occupation
  • Educator
  • politician
SignatureCursive signature in ink

Kary Mariscal Guzmán (born 9 March 1976) is a Bolivian schoolteacher and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz, representing circumscription 54 from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, Mariscal spent much of her life working in education, only entering the political field in 2010 with her election as a substitute member of her city's municipal council.

Elected to represent the Chiquitania region in the Chamber of Deputies, Mariscal was noted as the sole member of her party not to break away from the opposition Democratic Unity caucus upon taking office, a decision that resulted in her exclusion from important committee positions given to other members by the ruling Movement for Socialism. After a failed bid for reelection in 2019, Mariscal returned to her home San Ignacio de Velasco, where she launched an unsuccessful campaign for mayor in 2021.

Early life and political career

Kary Mariscal was born on 9 March 1976 in San Ignacio de Velasco, a small city, capital of the Velasco Province, situated in the tropical Chiquitania region of eastern Santa Cruz.[1][2] Mariscal spent much of her adult life as a housewife and primary school teacher, in addition to holding jobs as a cosmetologist and fashion stylist at various points in time.[3][4]

A longtime adherent of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), Mariscal took her first steps into local politics in 2010, when she contested a seat on the San Ignacio Municipal Council,[3] accompanying Lorgio Áñez as his substitute.[5] The MNR, once dominant nationwide, had been severely debilitated by the tumultuous events of the 2003 gas conflict[6] yet still retained a modicum of popular support in some eastern regions, specifically the Chiquitania, long a bastion of liberal conservative sentiment.[7] Hence its landslide victory in San Ignacio, where the party, in alliance with Autonomy for Bolivia, won the mayoralty and five of the seven council seats, Mariscal and Áñez the holders of one of them.[5][8]

Chamber of Deputies

Election

Ahead of the 2014 general election, incumbent Luis Felipe Dorado resigned his seat representing Santa Cruz's circumscription 58 to seek reelection in a different district.[9][10] His old constituency—slightly revised and assigned the number 54 during that year's redistribution process—encompassed much of the Chiquitania region, including the entirety of the Busch, Chiquitos, and Sandoval provinces, as well as a majority of Velasco.[4]

In Dorado's place, the Democratic Unity (UD) coalition—an alliance composed of the National Unity Front, Social Democratic Movement, and a regional faction of the MNR led by Erik Morón—put forward Mariscal to contest the 54th circumscription.[11][12] Her campaign faced efforts by the nationally ruling Movement for Socialism to pierce the region, for which it recruited Roberto Vaca as its nominee, who until then had built his own political career as a member of the same party as Mariscal's: the MNR. Her other opponent, Elizabeth Castedo, was also a member of the MNR, though of a rival faction aligned with the Christian Democratic Party.[4][13]

Ultimately, Mariscal prevailed in a close contest,[13] constituting one of the political opposition's only rural constituency victories. Even then, her win was by a substantial plurality, the lowest majority attained by any individual candidate in the Santa Cruz Department that election cycle. When factoring in the combined vote totals of her opponents and the many spoilt ballots, she won just 33.1 percent of the popular vote.[3]

Tenure

Within two weeks of taking office, Morón's MNR broke off from UD, establishing an independent caucus in the Chamber of Deputies. Although most of the MNR's elected legislators—including Mariscal's own substitute, Luis Fernando López—quickly joined this new bloc,[14][15] Mariscal notably abstained, stating that she was "not interested in being part of a group or caucus that sells itself to the [government] in exchange for [positions on committees]."[16] That decision came with a stiff political cost; of the five MNR deputies, Mariscal was the lone member not selected to chair any commissions or committees.[14]

During her tenure, Mariscal put forward a number of initiatives she pledged to pursue once elected. Along with projects to promote tourism and allocate funding for the construction of new hospitals in the Chiquitania, Mariscal also laid out more ambitious proposals, such as the formation of a new Ministry of Family. Although that never came to be,[4] Mariscal's term did see the achievement of another aspiration; in 2018, the government approved a bill greenlighting the construction of a steel mill intended to process the iron ore extracted from Cerro Mutún. The mountain, situated in the Germán Busch Province—part of Mariscal's constituency—contains one of the largest deposits of iron ore in the world. Mariscal celebrated the project's approval as a significant boon for her constituents.[17]

When the MNR presented its own ticket to contest the 2019 general election,[18] Mariscal was put forward for reelection.[lower-greek 2] Her campaign faced old and new challengers,[20] first and foremost the Movement for Socialism, which Mariscal sought to pin the blame on for the devastating wildfires affecting her constituency.[21] Ultimately, the ruling party again failed to win the Chiquitania, though neither did Mariscal, whose bid for reelection was defeated by María René Álvarez of Civic Community.[22] Though the 2019 results were later annulled,[23] Mariscal remained absent from the campaign in the rerun 2020 general election. Instead, she sought to make a comeback in local politics, launching a bid for the mayoralty of the San Ignacio de Velasco Municipality on behalf of the MNR. In a competitive field of six candidates,[24] Mariscal was less than successful; she exited in last place on election day, garnering less than 400 votes in her favor.[25]

Commission assignments

  • Planning, Economic Policy, and Finance Commission
    • Planning and Public Investment Committee (2016–2017, 2018–2019)[26][27]
  • Plural Economy, Production, and Industry Commission
    • Industry, Commerce, Transport, and Tourism Committee (2015–2016)[28]
  • Human Rights Commission
    • Gender Rights Committee (Secretary: 2019–2020)[29]
  • Amazon Region, Land, Territory, Water, Natural Resources, and Environment Commission
    • Natural and Hydric Resources and Water Committee (2017–2018)[30]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Kary Mariscal
Year Office Party Alliance Votes Result Ref.
Total  % P.
2010 Sub. Councillor Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Broad Front 7,088 60.84% 1st Won [31][lower-greek 3]
2014 Deputy Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Democratic Unity 23,209 42.93% 1st Won [32]
2019 Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Does not appear 3,667 5.35% 4th Annulled [22]
2021 Mayor Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Christian Democratic 364 1.41% 6th Lost [33]
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Redistribution; circumscription 58.
  2. ↑ Mariscal's brother, Roberto, also contested a seat in the Chamber of Deputies on the MNR's Santa Cruz party list.[19]
  3. ↑ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Padrón electoral biométrico y militancia: Kary Mariscal Guzmán". yoparticipo.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kary Mariscal Guzmán". coordinadoradelamujer.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 356.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Curi, Marco (11 September 2014). "Las zonas fronterizas principales ejes en C-54" [The border areas, main axes in C-54]. El Día (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Publicación de Resultados Nacionales: Elecciones Departamentales y Municipales 2010" (PDF). cne.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: National Electoral Court. 2010. pp. 254, 346. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Coca Suárez Arana 2014, pp. 64–66.
  7. ↑ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 198, 360.
  8. ↑ Coca Suárez Arana 2014, pp. 69–70.
  9. ↑ Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 199.
  10. ↑ "Elecciones: La Cámara de Diputados acepta la renuncia de 14 opositores y 10 oficialistas" [Elections: The Chamber of Deputies accepts the resignation of 14 opposition and ruling party legislators]. Oxígeno (in Spanish). La Paz. 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. ↑ Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 199, 356.
  12. ↑ "Candidatos de UD llegan a Pailón en busca de votos" [UD candidates arrive in Pailón in search of votes]. El Día (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  13. 1 2 Ortiz, Pablo (14 October 2014). "La brigada cruceña tendrá un rostro sindical y masista" [Santa Cruz's delegation will have a unionist and masista face]. El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  14. 1 2 Vacaflor, Nancy (4 February 2015). "El MNR divide a la oposición y se desmarca de Unidad Demócrata" [The MNR divides the opposition and distances itself from Democratic Unity]. Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "Tras bochorno eligen directiva parlamentaria" [After embarrassing session, legislators elect new parliamentary directorate]. El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Movimientista se desmarca de su partido" [MNR legislator distances herself from her party]. El Diario (in Spanish). La Paz. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  17. ↑ Vásquez, Mauricio (5 March 2018). "La construcción de la Planta Siderúrgica de Mutún se iniciará a mediados de 2018" [Construction of the Mutún Steel Plant will begin in mid-2018]. El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "El MNR presenta un solo binomio: Virginio Lema y Fernando Untoja" [The MNR presents its own ticket: Virginio Lema and Fernando Untoja]. El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Lista final de candidaturas habilitadas: Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario" (PDF). oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. p. 5. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  20. ↑ Rojas, Aidee (12 October 2019). "En provincias hay menos mujeres en las candidaturas" [In the provinces, there are fewer women candidates]. El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  21. ↑ "Candidata cruceña pide con lágrimas ayuda internacional por incendios" [Santa Cruz candidate tearfully asks for international aide to combat fires] (in Spanish). La Paz. Urgente.bo. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  22. 1 2 "Publicación de Resultados Nacionales: Elecciones Generales 2019" (PDF). oep.org.bo (in Spanish). Plurinational Electoral Organ. 2019. pp. 16, 24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  23. ↑ Pozzebon, Stefano (24 November 2019). "Jeanine Áñez promulga ley de 'Régimen Excepcional y Transitorio para la realización de Elecciones Generales'" [Jeanine Áñez enacts law declaring an 'Exceptional and Transitory Regime for the holding of General Elections']. CN͠N (in Spanish). Atlanta. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  24. ↑ Quinquiví, Carlos (30 January 2021). "Dos mujeres y cuatro hombres pugnan por la silla municipal en San Ignacio de Velasco" [Two women and four men fight for the mayoralty of San Ignacio de Velasco]. El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  25. ↑ "Publicación de Resultados Nacionales: Elecciones Departamentales y Municipales 2021" (PDF). oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. 2021. p. 62. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  26. ↑ Chamber of Deputies [@Diputados_Bol] (27 January 2016). "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2016–2017" (Tweet) (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  27. ↑ "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2018–2019". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Deputies. 1 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  28. ↑ "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2015–2016". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Deputies. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  29. ↑ "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2019–2020". diptuados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Chamber of Deputies. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  30. ↑ Chamber of Deputies [@Diputados_Bol] (1 February 2017). "La Cámara de Diputados conformó sus 12 Comisiones y 37 Comités: Gestión Legislativa 2017–2018" (Tweet) (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  31. ↑ "Elección de Concejales 2010 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  32. ↑ "Elecciones Generales 2014 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  33. ↑ "Elección de Alcaldes 2021 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

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