Karol Cariola
Karol Aida Cariola Oliva | |
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| 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 | April 1, 1987 Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Communist Youth of Chile New Majority (Chile) |
| Alma mater | University of Concepción |
| Occupation | Health care provider, Political leader |
| Profession | Midwifery |
| Website | JJ.CC. |
Karol Aida Cariola Oliva (born April 1, 1987) is a Chilean graduate in obstetrics, and a 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] Cariola is currently a congressional candidate for the Santiago electorate of Recoleta and Independencia in which she emerged as the leading candidate in the Nueva Mayoria's primary elections held on August 4, 2013.[3]
Cariola was elected as 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 has seen students across Chile refuse to return to school or university (commencing in late April 2011 to the end of the 2011 academic year) and demand an end to the privatization of education. Cariola has stated that the student mobilization, protests and strikes have a political nature and she has 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 an 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.” [4]
Parliamentary candidature
Karol Cariola is currenlty a candidate for the Chilean parliamentary elections to be held on 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.[5][6] Other critics point to her explicit support for the governments of Fidel Castro[7] and Hugo Chavez.[8]
See also
- Communist Party of Chile
- University of Concepción Student Federation
- 2011 Chilean protests
References
- ^ Template:Es "Dirigenta estudiantil, Karol Cariola, es la nueva Secretaria General de la JJ.CC". Tercera Informacion Spain. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ Template:Es "El Partido Comunista y su recambio generacional". CNN Chile. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ Template:Es "Karol Cariola y Cristián Cuevas triunfan en primarias de la Nueva Mayoría". El Clarin. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Template:Es "Es un desacierto del Gobierno pronunciarse así frente a este movimiento". CNN Chile. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ 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