Ecuadorian activist, lawyer, and politician
Blanca Rosana Ugarte Guzmán (born 1959), better known as Poly Ugarte , is an Ecuadorian activist, lawyer, and politician.
Biography
Poly Ugarte was born in 1959 in the Puerto Bolívar parish of Machala Canton .[ 1] She completed high school at La Asunción school and her higher education at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil , where she obtained a law degree.[ 2] [ 3]
She began her political career in 1992 in support of the presidential candidacy of conservative Jaime Nebot . In the 1994 sectional election [es ] , she won a seat as councilor of Guayaquil Canton for the Social Christian Party (PSC), during the mayoral administration of León Febres Cordero .[ 2] [ 4] She was one of the councilors who voted in favor of the construction of Malecón 2000 .[ 3]
In the 1998 legislative election , she was chosen national deputy representing Guayas Province for the same party.[ 5] She served in this position until 2003.
Years later, Ugarte returned to politics for the PSC, and won a seat as a member of the National Assembly representing Guayas in the 2017 legislative elections .[ 6] At the end of 2018, she disenrolled from the PSC and resigned her position to participate as a candidate for the prefecture of Guayas Province for the Creating Opportunities party.[ 7] [ 8] In the following year's elections [es ] , she obtained third place.[ 9]
Activism
In 2006, she was diagnosed with breast cancer , which led her to create the Poly Ugarte Foundation with the goal of promoting the prevention of the disease. In October 2007, the foundation began its "Tócate" (Touch Yourself) campaign.[ 2] In its first three years of operation, the foundation served more than 120,000 women for free.[ 1]
Since then it has carried out campaigns, marches, and equipped mobile clinics in various Ecuadorian cities. It also has a service center in Guayaquil.[ 1] [ 10]
References
^ a b c "Poly Ugarte y su cruzada contra el cáncer" [Poly Ugarte and Her Crusade Against Cancer]. Revista Familia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 12, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ a b c "Su lucha nunca termina" [Her Struggle Never Ends]. El Universo (in Spanish). Gran Guayaquil. October 20, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ a b "Abogada machaleña emprende una lucha por salvar a las mujeres del cáncer de mama" [Lawyer from Machala Embarks on a Fight to Save Women from Breast Cancer]. El Universo (in Spanish). Gran Guayaquil. February 11, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ "Tres reinas nos tocan el corazón, Cáncer de seno" [Three Queens Touch Our Hearts, Breast Cancer]. Cosas (in Spanish). October 9, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ "Mayoria Dp Psc En Congreso" . Explored (in Spanish). Quito. June 11, 1998. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ González, Jorge (April 27, 2017). "CNE entregó credenciales a asambleístas electos de Guayas" [CNE Hands Credentials to Elected Assembly Members from Guayas]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ Velez, Roger (December 15, 2018). "13 asambleístas dejan sus curules para ir a seccionales" [13 Assembly Members Leave Their Seats to Go to Sectionals]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ "Poly Ugarte se suma a lista de renuncias en Asamblea Nacional por elecciones de 2019" [Poly Ugarte Joins the List of Resignations in the National Assembly for the 2019 Elections]. ecuadorinmediato.com (in Spanish). December 14, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ "Entrevista a Carlos Luis Morales, prefecto electo de la provincia del Guayas" [Interview with Carlos Luis Morales, Prefect Elect of Guayas Province] (in Spanish). Teleamazonas . March 25, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
^ Ochoa, Karina (March 5, 2015). "Poly Ugarte rompe fronteras al organizar el Lazo Humano en Rumichaca" [Poly Ugarte Breaks Borders by Organizing the Human Loop in Rumichaca] (in Spanish). Metro International . Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
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