Rosario Murillo
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Rosario Murillo | |
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Vice President of Nicaragua | |
Assumed office 10 January 2017 | |
President | Daniel Ortega |
Preceded by | Omar Halleslevens |
First Lady of Nicaragua | |
Current | |
Assumed role 10 January 2007 | |
President | Daniel Ortega |
Preceded by | Lila T. Abaunza |
In role 10 January 1985 – 25 April 1990 | |
President | Daniel Ortega |
Preceded by | Hope Portocarrero (1979) |
Succeeded by | Cristiana Chamorro Barrios |
Member of the National Assembly of Nicaragua | |
In office 4 November 1984 – 25 February 1990 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rosario María Murillo Zambrana 22 June 1951 Managua, Nicaragua |
Political party | FSLN |
Spouses | Jorge Narváez Parajón
(m. 1967; died 1968)Carlos Vicente "Quincho" Ibarra
(m. 1973–1977) |
Children | 8 (including Zoilamérica) |
Parent(s) | Teódulo Murillo Molina Zoilamérica Zambrana Sandino |
Relatives | Augusto César Sandino (great uncle) Xiomara Blandino (daughter-in-law) |
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Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo muˈɾiʝo]; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician and poet who has held the position of Vice President of Nicaragua, the country's second highest office, since January 2017 and First Lady of Nicaragua since 2007 and from 1985 to 1990 as the wife of President Daniel Ortega. Murillo has served as the Nicaraguan government's lead spokesperson,[1] government minister,[2] head of the Sandinista Association of Cultural Workers, and Communications Coordinator of the Council on Communication and Citizenry. She was sworn in as vice president of Nicaragua on 10 January 2017.[3][4] In August 2021, she was personally sanctioned by the European Union, over alleged human rights violations.[5]
Life and career
Murillo was born in
Murillo was schooled at Colegio Teresiano in Managua, a K-12 Catholic, all-girls school, also known as Saint Teresa's Academy. She attended high school at the Greenway Convent Collegiate School in Tiverton, Great Britain, and studied Art at the Institut Anglo-Suisse Le Manoir at La Neuveville in Switzerland.[8] Murillo possesses certificates in the English and French language, granted respectively by the University of Cambridge in Great Britain. She also attended the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in her hometown.[9]
Sandinista
Murillo joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1969, and provided shelter in her house, which was located in the Barrio San José Oriental in
During the early 1970s Murillo worked for
Politics
Murillo started to gain power politically in 1998 after defending Ortega after he was accused by his stepdaughter, Zoilamérica Narváez Murrillo,[11] Murillo's daughter, of sexually abusing her for many years.[12] Murillo stated that the accusations were "a total falsehood"[12] and afterwards sided unconditionally with Ortega and publicly shunned her daughter who has still maintained that her accusations were true.[11] The case was thrown out by the Supreme Court in 2001 because the statute of limitations had expired.[10]
Ortega was elected president in 2006 and re-elected in 2011. In the 2016 general election Murillo ran as Ortega's vice-presidential candidate. She is "widely seen as the power behind the presidency" according to Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman.[13]
During her term,
Personal life
A
Murillo defended Ortega when her daughter
Murillo is known for her New Age beliefs and practices.[22]
In popular culture
Rosario Murillo is featured in the 2019 documentary film
Published works
- Gualtayán (1975)
- Sube a nacer conmigo (1977)
- Un deber de cantar (1981)
- Amar es combatir (antología) (1982)
- En espléndidas ciudades (1985)
- Las esperanzas misteriosas (1990)
- Angel in the deluge (1992) translated from the Spanish by Alejandro Murguía. ISBN 0-87286-274-7
References
- ^ "Iran and Nicaragua in barter deal". BBC News. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
- ^ "Nicaragua-Venezuela Talk Cooperation". Prensa Latina. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
... informed Government minister and first lady, Rosario Murillo.
- ^ "Morning Star :: Nicaragua: Sandinista Ortega sworn in for fourth term as president | The People's Daily". www.morningstaronline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017.
- ^ Goldman, Francisco (29 March 1987). "Poetry and Power in Nicaragua". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
- ^ "EU sanctions Nicaragua's first lady and vice-president over human rights violations". Guardian. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Gadea, Francisco (4 November 2015). "Desde España, Aparicio Sandino se estableció en Nicaragua". Stereo Romance (105.3 FM) (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ del Castillo Ortiz, Marcos Antonio (1 January 2020). Le Marois, Jacques; Baboin, Renaud; Cassaigne, Julie (eds.). "Zoilamérica Sandino Tiffer". GeneaNet. Paris, France: Geneanet SA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Laguna, Xiomara (20 March 2007). Ortiz, Igor; Vázquez, Ronald; Molina, Mellkcon; Cantarero Pineda, Maryine; Sacasa Pasos, Alejandro (eds.). "Etapas más importantes de Rosario Murillo". Canal 2 (Televicentro de Nicaragua) (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua: Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Ramos, Helena. "Rosario Murillo: Una cadencia de fervores". Asociación Nicaragüense de Escritoras (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
- ^ a b c Otis, John (24 March 2015). Beiser, Elana; Dunham, Jennifer; Zeveloff, Naomi; Crouch, Erik (eds.). "Long silence from Nicaragua's president as first lady keeps press at arm's length". Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). New York City, New York, United States of America. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b Rauen, Alexia; Stolle-McAllister, John; Hall, Sharri K.; Timmons, Liam; Quinteros, Erika (19 June 2017). Zamorano, Patricio; Mills, Frederick B.; Clark-Gollub, Jill; Camcaro, William (eds.). "Nicaragua's Proposed Legal Reforms Hinder Women's Rights and Threaten Political Opposition". Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA). Washington, D.C., United States of America: Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Inc. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ OCLC 1038241.
- ^ Newman, Lucia (7 November 2016). Trendle, Giles; Al Thani, Hamad bin Thamer (eds.). "Nicaragua: President Ortega on course for third term". Al Jazeera. Doha, Qatar: Al Jazeera Media Network. Al Jazeera Santiago de Chile Bureau. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Cifra de muertos por crisis en Nicaragua asciende a 309". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua: El Nuevo Diario, S.A. de C.V. (Editora Nuevo Amanecer). Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- National Archives.
- ^ Salinas Maldonado, Carlos. "Su majestad Murillo; Culta y Ambiciosa". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- ^ Laguna, Xiomara. "Murillo la voz de Ortega". Canal 2 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 July 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- ^ "Declaraciones de la compañera Rosario Murillo, Vice Presidenta de Nicaragua (08/09/2020) (Texto íntegro)". La Voz del Sandinismo (in Spanish). 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Compañera Rosario Murillo en Multinoticias (3-11-20)". Canal 4 (in Spanish). 4 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Compañera Rosario: Festejamos a la Virgen María colmados de amor, salud y fuerza". La Voz del Sandinismo (in Spanish). 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua president's running mate: his wife". The Independent. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "With Savvy And New-Age Speeches, A First Couple Runs Nicaragua". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Documental "Exiliada" ya puede verse en Nicaragua". Niú (in Spanish). 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
Further reading
- Murillo, Rosario. "Intellectuals and the Sovereignty of the People." Contemporary Marxism, no. 6 (1983): 183–92.
- Manupelli, George. "Aid to the Arts of Nicaragua." Leonardo 16, no. 2 (1983): 159–159. doi:10.2307/1574841.