Mariuxi Cleopatra Sánchez Sarango is an Ecuadorian politician who became a member of the National Assembly in 2021.

Mariuxi Sánchez
in 2023
Member of the National Assembly
ConstituencyOrellana
Personal details
Political partyUnion for Hope

Life

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Sánchez is concerned about the damage done by Texaco-Chevron in Ecuador. In 2012 she witnessed a waste pit that was nearly a kilometre long. One woman told her that she had lost four relatives to cancer.[1] She was elected to be a member of the fourth legislative period of the National Assembly of Ecuador in May 2021 to represent the province of Orellana.[2]

After she was elected in 2021, Enriquez became a member of the Permanent Commission of Education, Culture, Science, Technology, Innovation and Ancestral Knowledge.[3] Other members of that commission include Ana Raffo, Isabel Enriquez and Zolanda Pluas.[4]

She was a member of the Unión por la Esperanza (UNES) in the assembly. On 9 March 2022, there was a vote to undermine the president of the Assembly, Guadalupe Llori. Sánchez was absent so the critical vote was not obtained.[5]

She was one of the 80 members of the assembly who voted to impeach Guillermo Lasso.[6] As a result, Lasso resigned using a "cross-death" clause in the constitution which required all the members of the assembly to resign as well.[7]

 
Mariuxi Sanchez and Roberto Cerda in 2024

She joined the Permanent Commission on Biodiversity and Natural Resources[8] with Sofia Sanchez.[9] She was concerned with oil pollution and that the lack of political will to deal with the perpetrators. Texaco-Chevron has been given a fine of nine billion dollars but it has not been paid.[1] In 2024, she and Roberto Cerda became vice President and President of the "Occasional Specialized Commission of the Amazonian Constituency".[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Praeli, Yvette Sierra (2023-11-16). "Remediation overdue: South American countries fail to enforce oil cleanup laws". Mongabay Environmental News. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  2. ^ "Radiografía Política". www.radiografiapolitica.org. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  3. ^ "Pluas Arias Nelly Zolanda". Observatorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  4. ^ "The Assembly formed 15 specialized commissions, with 70 votes from Creo, Pachakutik, ID and independent". El Comercio. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2023.
  5. ^ Terán, Pablo (2022-03-10). "El movimiento Pachakutik no se reconcilió, pese al Consejo Político". Ecuador Verifica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  6. ^ "Estos son los 80 asambleístas que votaron para que Guillermo Lasso sea destituido como presidente de la República". El Universo (in Spanish). 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  7. ^ News, Latin America (2023-05-17). "What is cross-death, and what does it mean for Lasso in Ecuador?". The Rio Times. Retrieved 2024-10-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "Mariuxi Cleopatra Sánchez Sarango". Observatorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  9. ^ REM (2023-11-20). "Así quedaron las 15 comisiones de la Asamblea Nacional". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-30.