Karol Cariola

Karol Cariola
Cariola in 2013
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 April 2024
Preceded byRicardo Cifuentes
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Independencia and Recoleta district
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2014
General Secretary of the Communist Youth of Chile
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2011
Preceded byOscar Aroca
President of the University of Concepción Student Federation
In office
2010–2011
Preceded byJose Piña
Succeeded byGuillermo Petersen
Personal details
Born (1987-04-01) April 1, 1987 (age 37)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyCommunist Party of Chile
Alma materUniversity of Concepción
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cariola and the second or maternal family name is Oliva.

Karol Aída Cariola Oliva (born April 1, 1987) is a Chilean politician, and former president of the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Concepción (University of Concepción Student Federation) for 2010. She was elected General Secretary of the Juventudes Comunistas de Chile, abbr. JJ.CC., (the youth wing of the Communist Party of Chile) at the organizations XIII Congress held in October 2011.[1] Cariola is the second woman to hold this post in the Communist Youth of Chile after the late communist leader Gladys Marin (1941–2005).[2]

On August 4, 2013, Cariola emerged as the leading congressional candidate in the New Majority coalition's primary elections for the electoral district of Recoleta and Independencia. [3] Subsequently, during the Chilean general election held on November 17, 2013 she won 38.47% of the votes and became the deputy-elect for the 19th electoral Santiago district of Recoleta and Independencia. She commenced to serve a four-year term in the Chilean Congress on 11 March 2014.[4][5] On March 11, 2022, it was agreed that as part of a rotation agreement, she would become Speaker of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies starting 21 October 2022.[6]

In December 2021 Cariola was elected by party members to join the central committee of the Communist Party of Chile.[7]

Student movement for public education

Cariola was elected General Secretary of the JJ.CC. amidst one of the most significant mass social mobilization in recent Chilean history – referred by the media as the Chilean Winter. This mobilization saw students across Chile refuse to return to school or university, from April 2011 to the end of the academic year, in protest and to demand an end to the privatization of education. Cariola has stated that the student mobilization, protests and strikes had a political nature and she refuted the statement made by the Chilean government spokesperson Andrés Chadwick that the CONFECH (Chile's Confederation of Student Unions) has been taken over by extremist elements.

In an interview with CNN Chile Cariola stated that it was a grave mistake to refer to the student movement in that manner:

"I think our country is at a historic moment, that it is necessary to generate structural changes….We have had a process that has led this country to develop a new consciousness. Chile today is not the same that it was 6 months ago, there is an eagerness to generate changes and the need to do so."[8]

Parliamentary candidature and general elections

Cariola has stated that "Chile and its people have to draft a new constitution"[9] and has said that within the Nueva Mayoria coalition she intends to fight for a Constituent Assembly to oversee a change to the existing Chilean Constitution. Cariola - in line with the leader of the Nueva Mayoria, Michelle Bachelet - believes that the Chilean Constitution is illegitimate because it was introduced in the absence of political democracy by the Pinochet regime on September 11, 1980.[10][11] Cariola also states that if she wins a seat in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies she will work to see a fair labour code implemented with an institution to protect workers' rights and the automatic unionization of all workers in or entering the workforce.[12]

New Majority coalition's primary elections

The primary elections for the New Majority coalition commenced on August 4, 2013. These parliamentary primaries were set to determine which two candidates from the Nueva Mayoria pact in a given electorate will stand for the Chilean elections in November 2013. In the primary election for the 19th Santiago electorate of Recoleta-Independencia Cariola received the highest number of votes from the local constituents.[13][14]

District Electoral Division Candidate Party Votes % Results
19 Recoleta Óscar Santelices PPD 1439 18,3 Candidate
María Francisca Zaldívar PDC 1206 15,3
Francisco Díaz PS 1125 14,3
Karol Cariola PCCh 4100 52,1 Candidate

Chilean general elections 2013

Candidate Pact Party Votes % Results
Karol Cariola Oliva New Majority PCCh 35.604 38,47 Deputy
Claudia Nogueira Alliance UDI 22.992 24,84 Deputy
Óscar Santelices Altamirano New Majority PPD 13.929 15,05
Eduardo Cuevas Rosselot Alliance RN 6.934 7,49
Roberto Cofré Pinto New Constitution for Chile Ind. 4.214 4,55
Galvarino Sazo Bolbaran If You Want It, Chile Changes PRO 3.005 3,24
Juan Francisco Valdés Valencia If You Want It, Chile Changes PRO 2.424 2,61
Claudio Méndez Rojas Humanist Party HP 2.051 2,21
Eduardo Patricio Purán Purán Humanist Party HP 1.378 1,48

Chilean general elections 2017

Candidate List Party Votes % Results
Karol Cariola Oliva La Fuerza de la Mayoría PCCh 50 449 14.95 Elected
Érika Olivera de la Fuente Chile Vamos IND-RN 30 784 9.13 Elected
Sebastián Keitel Bianchi Chile Vamos IND-EVO 30 233 8.96 Elected
Maite Orsini Pascal Frente Amplio RD 21 850 6.48 Elected
Jorge Durán Espinoza Chile Vamos RN 19 485 5.78 Elected
Claudia Nogueira Fernández Chile Vamos UDI 19 444 5.76
Cristina Girardi Lavín La Fuerza de la Mayoría PPD 16 183 4.8 Elected
Eddy Roldán Cabrera Independiente IND 15 040 4.46
Gonzalo Navarrete Muñoz La Fuerza de la Mayoría PPD 13 421 3.98
Cristián Bowen Garfias Convergencia Democrática DC 12 031 3.57
Jorge Rosales Vargas Frente Amplio PEV 9087 2.69
Katherine Martorell Awad Chile Vamos RN 8688 2.58
Carolina Mora Saa Convergencia Democrática DC 7546 2.24
Karina Delfino Mussa La Fuerza de la Mayoría PS 7510 2.23
Pilar Durán Baronti La Fuerza de la Mayoría PS 7.131 2.11
Catalina Vidal Méndez Frente Amplio PH 5642 1.67
Erick Coñoman Garay Frente Amplio PODER 4886 1.45
Rodrigo Albornoz Pollmann Convergencia Democrática DC 4856 1.44
Boris Barrera Moreno La Fuerza de la Mayoría PCCh 4347 1.29 Elected

Speaker-elect of Chilean Chamber of Deputies

On 11 March 2022, a coalition consisting of eleven parties and independents voted to have Carlola served President of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies by 22 October 2022 and 30 June 2023.[6]

Criticism

Critics point to her explicit support for the governments of Fidel Castro[15] and Hugo Chavez.[16][better source needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dirigenta estudiantil, Karol Cariola, es la nueva Secretaria General de la JJ.CC" (in Spanish). Tercera Informacion Spain. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ "El Partido Comunista y su recambio generacional" (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Karol Cariola y Cristián Cuevas triunfan en primarias de la Nueva Mayoría" (in Spanish). El Clarin. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Resultados electorales del PC" (in Spanish). PCCh.cl. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "RESULTADOS DE LAS ELECCIONES/Diputados/Región Metropolitana/Distrito 19" (in Spanish). 18 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  6. ^ a b "The PPD Raúl Soto will assume presidency of the Chamber of Deputies". https://elmostrador.cl/. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. ^ "La gran derrota de Karol Cariola y el Partido Comunista". Ex-Ante (in Spanish). 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  8. ^ "Es un desacierto del Gobierno pronunciarse así frente a este movimiento" (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  9. ^ Saleh, Felipe (19 July 2013). "Karol Cariola: "Tengo mucho en qué contribuir"" (in Spanish). Publimetro. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Bachelet ofrece Constitución en primer año si resulta elegida" (in Spanish). La Razon. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Abogado: Hay que agotar vía institucional antes de la Asamblea Constituyente" (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Adhesión de las JJCC al Paro Nacional del 11 de Julio convocado por la CUT" (in Spanish). JUVENTUDES COMUNISTAS DE CHILE. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Primarias en Nueva Mayoría: Karol Cariola triunfa en Recoleta" (in Spanish). 24 HORAS. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  14. ^ "PRIMARIAS NUEVA MAYORÍA: LOS 17 CANDIDATOS A DIPUTADOS ELEGIDOS" (in Spanish). La Nacion Chile. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Karol Cariola y Camila Vallejo: "Las reflexiones de Fidel son luz y esperanza para Chile" (+ Video)". 5 April 2012.
  16. ^ "RADIO COMUNITARIA KABUDARI: Camila Vallejo, Karol Cariola y Claudia Pascual, Partido Comunista de Chavez , Necesitamos que Venezuela continúe su proceso revolucionario". 15 March 2013.
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