Gloria Rudi Rodríguez Santo (born 26 October 1960) is a Uruguayan journalist, civil servant, activist and politician of the National Party (PN), serving as Senator of the Republic since 15 February 2020.[1] The first Afro-Uruguayan woman to hold a senatorial seat,[2] she is fourth in the line of presidential succession.[3]
Gloria Rodríguez | |
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 Rodríguez in 2024 | |
| Senator of Uruguay | |
| Assumed office 15 February 2020 | |
| Representative of Uruguay for Montevideo | |
| In office 15 February 2015 – 15 February 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gloria Rudi Rodríguez Santo 26 October 1960 Melo, Uruguay |
| Political party | National Party |
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Biography edit
Gloria Rodríguez was born in 1960 in Melo, Cerro Largo Department. Her father, was a policeman, and her mother, a domestic worker. Her parents knew Jorge Silveira Zabala, a leader of the National Party in Cerro Largo, who was the one who transmitted the ideology to her.[4] In 1991, after divorcing, she moved to Montevideo with her children and great-grandmother. She settled in the barrio Malvín Norte.[5] She worked as a secretary at the Colegio María Auxiliadora, as a shop assistant and as an official of the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, and the Ministry of Education and Culture.[4] She studied journalism at the Professional Institute of Journalism Teaching (IPEP).[6]
Political career and activism edit
Rodríguez began her militancy in the 90s, distributing ballots from List 71, of the Herrerism faction of the National Party in Malvín Norte.[6] During the 2002 Uruguay banking crisis, she set up a community soup kitchen, which fed 70 children in the area.[7] Since then she has been dedicated to community work in slums.[8]
She participated in the 2014 general election as a member of Todos, a faction led by Luis Lacalle Pou. She ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, being elected National Representative for the 48th Legislature.[9][10] She took office on February 15, 2015, becoming the first Afro-Uruguayan woman to hold a seat in the lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay.[7] In the 2019 election, she was elected Senator for the 49th Legislature. Thus she became the first Afro-Uruguayan woman to hold a senatorial seat in Uruguay.[11] She stated "we have to work a lot so that the fact that a black woman reaches Parliament does not surprise anyone".[12]
References edit
- ^ Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Asumieron diputados y senadores que ocuparán sus bancas durante los próximos cinco años - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ ""Por primera vez una mujer negra llegó al senado" destacó Gloria Rodríguez". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "Así quedó conformado el nuevo Senado: mirá la lista de los 30 elegidos". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ a b Observador, El. "¿Quién es Gloria Rodríguez, la primera afrodescendiente en llegar al Senado?". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ "Gloria Rodríguez: "Sé que molesta cuando digo que soy hija de la cuota"". Revista Galeria de Busqueda en Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ a b "Las 40 de la diputada Gloria Rodríguez: "La nuestra es una sociedad sumamente racista"". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ a b de 2019, Por Guillermo Pellegrino14 de Diciembre. "Gloria Rodríguez, primera senadora negra del Uruguay: "Voy a poner sobre el tapete el racismo en mi país"". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ periodista/belen-riguetti (2019-01-02). "Gloria Rodríguez: "La población negra no está representada" en el Parlamento". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ "Conozca las nuevas caras del Parlamento". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ "Parlamento uruguayo tendrá primera mujer negra, pero persisten desigualdades". El Comercio. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ "Gloria Rodríguez: "Mi llegada al Senado me permite poner en el tapete el tema del racismo"". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ ""Por primera vez una mujer negra llegó al senado" destacó Gloria Rodríguez". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.