Miriam Margoth Martínez Díaz (born March 2, 1966, Pasto, Colombia) is a Colombian urban planner, human rights defender, and civil engineer. She holds a master's degree in administration from Charles III University of Madrid and has ran as a candidate for mayor of Pasto.
Miriam Margoth Martínez | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1966 Pasto, Nariño, Colombia |
| Citizenship | Colombian |
| Residence | Pasto |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Nariño |
| Occupation | Human rights defender, Urban Planner |
Early life
editMartínez Díaz was born in Pasto, Columbia and is the second of seven children of Adiela Miriam Díaz and José Ignacio Martínez.[citation needed] She completed her primary education at a public school in the Miraflores neighborhood and her secondary education at Ciudad de Pasto CCP School. She later attended the University of Nariño.[1]
Career
editAs a manager at the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Servicios Públicos (UAESP) in Bogotá, Martínez Díaz worked to reduce public sanitation fees and integrated district recyclers into the work model.[2][3][4][5] During her tenure, with Gustavo Petro as district mayor, her efforts led to a change in the city’s waste management operator.[6][7] This decision faced resistance from the previous landfill operator, resulting in at least 33 complaints, spearheaded by lawyer Néstor Humberto Martínez, who attempted to block the new tender.[8]
Martínez also oversaw significant improvements at the Doña Juana sanitary landfill,[9] where she implemented a clay-based model that notably reduced odor and lowered the incidence of diseases among nearby residents.[10][11][12][13][14][15] Additionally, she cut sanitation fees in Bogotá by half, recovering 63 billion pesos for the district without increasing the city's deficit. Despite these achievements, she was sanctioned by the Procurator General's Office with a ten-year disqualification from public office, following a complaint from the previous landfill operator, Proactiva Group. Martínez and others described the ruling as retaliatory.[16] The investigative entity later closed the case, citing insufficient evidence, although Martínez had already served over half of the penalty.[17][18]
References
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- ^ Anderson, T. R.; Slotkin, T. A. (1975-08-15). "Maturation of the adrenal medulla--IV. Effects of morphine". Biochemical Pharmacology. 24 (16): 1469–1474. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(75)90020-9. ISSN 1873-2968. PMID 7. Archived from the original on 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2011-02-11). "Vía libre a licitación de aseo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Espectador, El (2020-04-08). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2010-10-22). "33 tutelas han puesto enjaque licitación del relleno". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2009-09-15). "Miriam Martínez, nueva directora de la Unidad Administrativa Especial de Servicios Públicos (Uaesp)". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Doña Juana, un vecino incomodo". repository.urosario.edu.co. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Espectador, El (2020-04-08). "Relleno Doña Juana ya no huele mal". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Quevedo, Diana (2019-02-19). "Relleno sanitario Doña Juana ¿una solución llena de problemas?". Derecho del Medio Ambiente (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Torres, Diana Isabel Quintero (2016). "El papel de la gestión territorial en la ubicación de rellenos sanitarios. Caso de estudio: relleno sanitario Doña Juana, Bogotá, Colombia". Perspectiva Geográfica (in Spanish). 21 (2): 251–276. doi:10.19053/01233769.5852. ISSN 2500-8684. Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Camargo, Frank Molano (2019-10-01). "El relleno sanitario Doña Juana en Bogotá: la producción política de un paisaje tóxico, 1988-2019". Historia Crítica (in Spanish) (74): 127–149. doi:10.7440/histcrit74.2019.06. ISSN 1900-6152. S2CID 210654511. Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Buitrago, Méndez (2020). "La participación comunitaria como agente en la disminución de los impactos ambientales y en la salud, generados por el relleno sanitario Doña Juana : análisis desde el Modelo analítico de desarrollo institucional (IAD) en los habitantes de la vereda Mochuelo Alto, localidad de Ciudad Bolívar". Javeriana. doi:10.11144/Javeriana.10554.44098.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2011-04-18). "'Me quieren sacar, porque no adjudico a dedo'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Makar, A. B. (1975). "Formate assay in body fluids: application in methanol poisoning". Biochemical Medicine. 13 (2): 117–126. doi:10.1016/0006-2944(75)90147-7. PMID 1. Archived from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Espectador, El (2020-04-08). "Confirman reducción de tarifas en aseo público". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-16.