Camila Vallejo
Camila Vallejo Dowling | |
|---|---|
 Camila Vallejo in Santiago de Chile, 2011 | |
| President of the University of Chile Student Federation | |
| In office 24 November 2010 – 16 November 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Sarmiento |
| Succeeded by | Scarlett Mac-Ginty (s)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1988 Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Communist Youth of Chile |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Website | camilapresidenta.blogspot.com |
Camila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling (born in Santiago, April 28, 1988) is the principal spokesperson for the Confederation of Chilean Students (CONFECH), which initiated a movement against the privatization of education at the end of April 2011. She is a graduate student of geography from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile, and was elected president of the University of Chile Student Federation (FECH) in November 2010; she is the second woman to hold this post after Marisol Prado (1997-1998). She is a member of the Central Committee of Communist Youth of Chile.
Biography
Vallejo is the daughter of Reinaldo Vallejo and Mariela Dowling, both former members of Chilean Communist Party and activists in the Chilean Resistance during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Vallejo lived her childhood between the communes of Macul and La Florida, and she studied in Colegio Raimapu, a Co-Ed private school in La Florida. In 2006, Vallejo entered the University of Chile to study geography. There, she started forming ties with leftist students and getting involved in politics, which led her to join the Chilean Communist Youth the next year.[2] She was counselor of the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile (FECh, Student Federation of the University of Chile) in 2008, and was chosen as president in 2010. On December 7 2011, she was defeated in her bid for re-election as president of FECh by Gabriel Boric a Law School graduate.GrinchPeru (talk) 00:42, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
She has acquired public attention as a leading spokesperson and leader of the 2011 student protests in Chile, alongside other student leaders: Giorgio Jackson from the Student Federation of the Catholic University of Chile and Camilo Ballesteros from the Student Federation of the University of Santiago de Chile.
In August 2011, the Supreme Court of Chile ordered police protection for Camila Vallejo after she received death threats.[3][4]
Public image
Vallejo has been considered the most important and influential Communist icon of the 21th century in Chile, and also the symbolic successor of Gladys Marín.[5][6]
Vallejo has been praised publicly by several entertainers. In September 2011, Calle 13 traveled to Chile to support the student movement, and in a concert they invited some students and members of the Confech, including Camila.[7][8] After this event, Argentine singer-songwriter Kevin Johansen wrote to Calle 13's vocalist via Twitter, "I told you René, Camila Vallejo is mine!".[9]
See also
References
- ^ http://fech.cl/blog/2011/11/16/scarlett-mac-ginty-asume-como-presidenta-fech/
- ^ Aldea, Sofía (May 16, 2011). "Compañera Camila". Revista Paula. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ Chile's Commander Camila, the student who can shut down a city, The Guardian, August 24, 2011
- ^ Corte Suprema acoge amparo a favor de Camila Vallejo y ordena rondas policiales, Emol, August 23, 2011
- ^ El Partido Comunista y su recambio generacional: Karol Cariola, Camila Vallejo y Camilo Ballesteros encabezan el "comunismo joven", CNN Chile, October 3, 2011
- ^ Francisco Vidal sobre Camila Vallejo: “Es la Gladys Marín del Siglo XXI” , El Dinamo, August 23, 2011
- ^ Calle 13 se reúne con Camila Vallejo y dedica su debut a las víctimas del accidente, La Segunda, September 5, 2011.
- ^ Camila Vallejo también fue parte de la fiesta de Calle 13, Cooperativa.cl, September 6, 2011
- ^ Kevin Johansen y Residente Calle 13 se disputan a Camila Vallejo, El Dinamo, September 6, 2011
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