Verónica Alonso
Verónica Alonso | |
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| Born | October 24, 1973 |
| Nationality | Uruguay |
| Education | Universidad de Montevideo |
| Occupation | Senator |
Verónica Alonso (born October 24, 1973) is an Uruguayan politician and senator.
Life
Alonso was born in Montevideo in 1973.[1] She had five brothers and she was brought up as a Catholic.[2]
She studied International relations at the Universidad ORT Uruguay[3] She went on to study at Universidad de Montevideo at masters level, but she failed to submit a thesis.[1]
In 2009 she supported the election of the former president Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera. That same year, she was elected deputy for the department of Montevideo , a position she held from 15 February 2010.[4]
She is a member of the National Party aka the "White Party" and they elected her as a senator.[1]
Coronavirus
During the coronavirus pandemic in Uruguay a hotel owned by her family let rooms at $7 a day. The fees were paid by the state and allowed homeless people to find a place to stay.[5] The Hotel Urban Express is owned by her husband's family and is normally charged at $45 a night. It was pointed out that other hotels had refused to allow street people to use their facilities and at $7 a night the hotel would fail to cover the hotel's costs. Critics were told that $7 dollars a night was not a charge, but virtually a donation.[6]
Private life
She married and her husband, Marcel Gerwer, is apolitical and Jewish by faith. In 2012 they were expecting their third child. Alonso was brought up a catholic but converted to Judaism at the time of her marriage.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Observador, El. "Verónica Alonso tuvo en su currículum una maestría que no terminó". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ "Entrevista a Veronica Alonso, La Vero (Fragmento)". www.cciu.org.uy. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ a b Anónimo (2014-08-12). "Alonso". Parlamento del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ "Senadores y diputados electos". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ Observador, El. "Familia de Verónica Alonso alquila hotel al Mides por US$ 7 al día por huésped". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ "Hotel en donde se alojan indigentes pertenece a la familia de su esposo, aclaró Verónica Alonso". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-12.
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