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Angélica Larrea
Doña Angélica Larrea de Pinedo (born 1944) is the Ceremonial Queen of the Afro-Bolivians, as the wife of Ceremonial King Julio Pinedo. She twice served as the mayor of Mururata. BiographyLarrea was born in 1944 in Santa Ana del Yacuma.[1] She married Julio Pinedo in 1976. Her husband succeeded his grandfather, Bonifacio Pinedo, as Ceremonial King of the Afro-Bolivians in 1992.[2][3] Their ceremonial coronation took place in a Catholic service on 18 April 1992.[4] King Bonifacio died in 1954, and between his death and her husband's succession, her mother-in-law Doña Aurora led the community. Pinedo and Larrea's official coronation ceremony, held by the government in La Paz, took place on 3 December 2007.[2][5]  The couple, who have no biological children,[6] adopted their nephew and heir, Prince Ronaldo.[2][1] Larrea and her husband are Catholic.[7] Larrea and her family live on their farm in Mururata, Nor Yungas Province.[2] She runs a small shop that sells grocery items and co-manages the family farm.[2][1] She operates her store from the first floor of her home, located fifty meters from Mururata's main square.[5] Larrea twice served as mayor of Mururata. In 2013, she enrolled in adult educational classes to improve her reading and writing abilities.[7] In 2016, Larrea accompanied her husband and son on an official trip Senegal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.[8] References
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