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Lupe Cajías
Birth Name:Lupe Cajías de la Vega
Birth Place:La Paz, Bolivia
Occupation:Journalist, historian, writer
Alma Mater:Pontifical Xavierian University
Awards:Erich Guttentag Award (1996)

Lupe Cajías de la Vega (born 1955) is a Bolivian journalist, historian, and writer.[1] [2] [3] Cajías has focused her career on journalism, though she is also the author of books such as Historia de una Leyenda, vida y palabra de Juan Lechín Oquendo (1988) and Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía.[2] Likewise, her career has been recognized with the UNICEF national award in 1986,[1] as well as the Erich Guttentag Award for the novel Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía in 1996[2] (this award was replaced by the National Novel Award two years later).

Biography

Lupe Cajías was born in the city of La Paz, Bolivia in 1955. She studied journalism, with a focus in the area of research, at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, from which she graduated with honors.[4] She also studied history at the Higher University of San Andrés.[4] She witnessed the return of democracy to Bolivia on 10 October 1982, having given birth to her first child a few days before.[5]

In her role as a journalist, Cajías was also editor of El Tiempo in Bogotá,[2] and later became a columnist for the Bolivian newspapers Los Tiempos[3] and Página Siete.[6] Similarly, she served as editor-in-chief of the weekly Aquí.[1] Also, Cajías was elected as president of the Association of Journalists of La Paz in 2014.[7] During this period she carried out a series of actions in favor of freedom of expression, which, according to the APLP, was limited by the actions of the government of Evo Morales.[8] Her term ended in 2016, when Nelson Martínez won new elections within the union.[9]

Cajías also ventured into the field of politics when she was responsible for the anti-corruption department from 2003 to 2005, during the presidency of Carlos Mesa.[1] [2] She was a founding member of the Huáscar Cajías Cultural Foundation.[4]

Continuing with her professional career, Cajías was a teacher at the Higher University of San Andrés, where she had been a student during her history studies.[4] In the same capacity, she teaches at the .[10]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lupe Cajías de la Vega . Blanco . Elías . Diccionario Cultural Boliviano . Spanish . 3 May 2011 . 2 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Lupe Cajías de la Vega . Ministry of Education of Bolivia . Spanish . 2 November 2017.
  3. News: El año del zorrino . The Year of the Skunk . Cajías . Lupe . . Spanish . 9 December 2016 . 2 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Lupe Cajías de la Vega . Encuentro Escritores . CSIP Center of Bolivian Literature . Spanish . 29 July 2017 . 2 November 2017.
  5. Aquel 10 de octubre, luminoso y primaveral . That 10 October, Bright and Springlike . Cajías . Lupe . Nueva Crónica y buen gobierno . Plural . 112 . 8 . Spanish . October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220152602/http://www.plural.bo/editorial/images/pdfnuevacronica/nc112.pdf . 20 December 2016 . 2 November 2017.
  6. News: Evo Morales ¿miente, tergiversa o sólo se inventa? . Evo Morales: Lie, Distort, or Only Invert? . Cajías . Lupe . . Spanish . 4 August 2016 . 2 November 2017.
  7. News: Lupe Cajías es elegida como nueva presidenta de la APLP . Lupe Cajías is Elected as the New President of the APLP . Guarachi . Angel . . La Paz . Spanish . 25 April 2014 . 2 November 2017.
  8. News: Lupe Cajías desafía a Ministra Paco a debatir sobre 10 puntos . Lupe Cajías Challenges Minister Paco to Debate on 10 Points . Association of Journalists of La Paz . ANF . Spanish . 6 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220220521/http://www.aplp.org.bo/lupe-cajias-desafia-a-ministra-paco-a-debatir-sobre-10-puntos/ . 20 December 2016 . dead . 2 November 2017.
  9. Web site: Nelson Martínez es el nuevo presidente de la APLP . Nelson Martínez is the New President of the APLP . Erbol . Spanish . 22 April 2016 . 2 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220162007/http://www.erbol.com.bo/noticia/social/22042016/nelson_martinez_es_el_nuevo_presidente_de_la_aplp . 20 December 2016 . dead .
  10. Web site: Periodismo y Literatura La palabra se hizo carne . Journalism and Literature The World Became Flesh . Cajías . Lupe . Correo del Sur . Spanish . 3 August 2015 . 2 November 2017.

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