Karol Cariola
Karol Aída Cariola Oliva (born April 1, 1987) is a Chilean politician, and former president of the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Concepción (University of Concepción Student Federation) for 2010. She was elected General Secretary of the Juventudes Comunistas de Chile, abbr. JJ.CC., (the youth wing of the Communist Party of Chile) at the organizations XIII Congress held in October 2011.[1] Cariola is the second woman to hold this post in the Communist Youth of Chile after the late communist leader Gladys Marin (1941-2005).[2]
Karol Aída Cariola Oliva | |
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Karol Cariola in 2013. | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Independencia and Recoleta district | |
Assumed office 11 March 2014 | |
General Secretary of the Communist Youth of Chile | |
Assumed office November 2011 | |
Preceded by | Oscar Aroca |
President of the University of Concepción Student Federation | |
In office 2010–2011 | |
Preceded by | Jose Piña |
Succeeded by | Guillermo Petersen |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago, Chile | April 1, 1987
Nationality | Chilean |
Political party | Communist Youth of Chile New Majority (Chile) |
Alma mater | University of Concepción |
Website | JJ.CC. |
On August 4, 2013, Cariola emerged as the leading congressional candidate in the New Majority coalition's primary elections for the electoral district of Recoleta and Independencia. [3] Subsequently, during the Chilean general election held on November 17, 2013 she won 38.47% of the votes and became the deputy-elect for the 19th electoral Santiago district of Recoleta and Independencia. She commenced to serve a four-year term in the Chilean Congress on 11 March 2014.[4][5]
Student movement for public education
Cariola was elected General Secretary of the JJ.CC. amidst one of the most significant mass social mobilization in recent Chilean history – referred by the media as the Chilean Winter. This mobilization saw students across Chile refuse to return to school or university, from April 2011 to the end of the academic year, in protest and to demand an end to the privatization of education. Cariola has stated that the student mobilization, protests and strikes had a political nature and she refuted the statement made by the Chilean government spokesperson Andrés Chadwick that the CONFECH (Chile's Confederation of Student Unions) has been taken over by extremist elements.
In an interview with CNN Chile Cariola stated that it was a grave mistake to refer to the student movement in that manner:
“I think our country is at a historic moment, that it is necessary to generate structural changes….We have had a process that has led this country to develop a new consciousness. Chile today is not the same that it was 6 months ago, there is an eagerness to generate changes and the need to do so.” [6]
Parliamentary candidature and general elections
Cariola has stated that "Chile and its people have to draft a new constitution"[7] and has said that within the Nueva Mayoria coalition she intends to fight for a Constituent Assembly to oversee a change to the existing Chilean Constitution. Cariola - in line with the leader of the Nueva Mayoria, Michelle Bachelet - believes that the Chilean Constitution is illegitimate because it was introduced in the absence of political democracy by the Pinochet regime on September 11, 1980.[8][9] Cariola also states that if she wins a seat in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies she will work to see a fair labour code implemented with an institution to protect workers' rights and the automatic unionization of all workers in or entering the workforce.[10]
New Majority coalition's primary elections
The primary elections for the New Majority coalition commenced on August 4, 2013. These parliamentary primaries were set to determine which two candidates from the Nueva Mayoria pact in a given electorate will stand for the Chilean elections in November 2013. In the primary election for the 19th Santiago electorate of Recoleta-Independencia Cariola received the highest number of votes from the local constituents.[11][12]
District | Electoral Division | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Results |
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19 | Recoleta | Óscar Santelices | PPD | 1439 | 18,3 | Candidate |
María Francisca Zaldívar | PDC | 1206 | 15,3 | |||
Francisco Díaz | PS | 1125 | 14,3 | |||
Karol Cariola | PCCh | 4100 | 52,1 | Candidate | ||
Chilean general elections 2013
- 2013 Chilean general election: deputy for the 19thelectoral Santiago district of Recoleta and Independencia [5]
Candidate | Pact | Party | Votes | % | Results |
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Karol Cariola Oliva | New Majority | PCCh | 35.604 | 38,47 | Deputy |
Claudia Nogueira | Alliance | UDI | 22.992 | 24,84 | Deputy |
Óscar Santelices Altamirano | New Majority | PPD | 13.929 | 15,05 | |
Eduardo Cuevas Rosselot | Alliance | RN | 6.934 | 7,49 | |
Roberto Cofré Pinto | New Constitution for Chile | Ind. | 4.214 | 4,55 | |
Galvarino Sazo Bolbaran | If You Want It, Chile Changes | PRO | 3.005 | 3,24 | |
Juan Francisco Valdés Valencia | If You Want It, Chile Changes | PRO | 2.424 | 2,61 | |
Claudio Méndez Rojas | Humanist Party | HP | 2.051 | 2,21 | |
Eduardo Patricio Purán Purán | Humanist Party | HP | 1.378 | 1,48 | |
Criticism
Karol Cariola is currently a candidate for the Chilean parliamentary elections to be held in 2013. This strategy to reach political power by Cariola and other members of the Communist Youth and ex-leaders of the educational social mobilizations such as Camila Vallejo and Camilo Ballesteros, has been bitterly questioned by some student factions who consider it a betrayal to the principles of the mobilizations.[13][14] Other critics point to her explicit support for the governments of Fidel Castro[15] and Hugo Chavez.[16]
See also
References
- "Dirigenta estudiantil, Karol Cariola, es la nueva Secretaria General de la JJ.CC" (in Spanish). Tercera Informacion Spain. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- "El Partido Comunista y su recambio generacional" (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- "Karol Cariola y Cristián Cuevas triunfan en primarias de la Nueva Mayoría" (in Spanish). El Clarin. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- "Resultados electorales del PC" (in Spanish). PCCh.cl. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- "RESULTADOS DE LAS ELECCIONES/Diputados/Región Metropolitana/Distrito 19" (in Spanish). 18 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- "Es un desacierto del Gobierno pronunciarse así frente a este movimiento" (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- Saleh, Felipe (19 July 2013). "Karol Cariola: "Tengo mucho en qué contribuir"" (in Spanish). Publimetro. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- "Bachelet ofrece Constitución en primer año si resulta elegida" (in Spanish). La Razon. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- "Abogado: Hay que agotar vía institucional antes de la Asamblea Constituyente" (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- "Adhesión de las JJCC al Paro Nacional del 11 de Julio convocado por la CUT" (in Spanish). JUVENTUDES COMUNISTAS DE CHILE. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- "Primarias en Nueva Mayoría: Karol Cariola triunfa en Recoleta" (in Spanish). 24 HORAS. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- "PRIMARIAS NUEVA MAYORÍA: LOS 17 CANDIDATOS A DIPUTADOS ELEGIDOS" (in Spanish). La Nacion Chile. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/eloisa-gonzalez-camila-vallejo-representa-al-pc-no-al-movimiento-estudiantil/xIQmcy!7NXmHtO3bGewY/
- http://redprisma.org/latam/index.php/entrevistas-politica/3292-karol-cariola-qentramos-al-sistema-porque-queremos-cambiarloq
- http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2012/04/05/karol-cariola-y-camila-vallejo-las-reflexiones-de-fidel-son-luz-y-esperanza-para-chile-video/
- http://radiokabudari.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/camila-vallejo-karol-cariola-y-claudia.html
External links
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- Karol Cariola -Diputada Por Recoleta e Independencia Blogspot
- Karol Cariola O. - on Twitter
- Karol Cariola: a swallow of the student movement. The Prism
- (in Indonesian) Karol Cariola, Srikandi Merah Gerakan Mahasiswa Chili. BERDIKARI
Interviews and talks
- (in Spanish) Camila Vallejo and Karol Cariola on the Student movement against the private education model – 24 March 2012 TV Publica Argentina via YouTube
- (in Spanish) Karol Cariola on her congressional candidature for the electorate of Recoleta-Independencia – 20 January 2013 CNN Chile via YouTube
- (in Spanish) Karol Cariola on her trip to Cuba and her meeting with students, workers and Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba – 5 April 2012 Cuba Hoy via YouTube
- (in Spanish) Karol Cariola, as deputy-elect "we do not rule out the construction of socialism in Chile" - 22 November 2013 Chilevision via YouTube