Claudia Coari
Quechua politician in Peru
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Claudia Coari Mamani (born 1967) is a Quechua politician in Peru. She was a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru between 2011 and 2014, representing the Peruvian Nationalist Party (Partido Nacional Peruano),[1] but was no longer a congresswoman by March 2018.[2]
1967 (age 58–59)
Claudia Coari | |
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Coari Mamani in 2012 | |
| Congress of the Republic of Peru | |
| In office 2011–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Claudia Coari Mamani 1967 (age 58–59) Peru |
| Party | Peruvian Nationalist Party |
In 2018 she was part of a delegation of indigenous women leaders from 10 countries in South America who traveled to Chile for the launch of a Food and Agriculture Organization campaign to eradicate hunger. She stressed the importance of family farms for food security, saying that in her area women took on most of this work.[3]
She was congratulated by Bolivian president Evo Morales for wearing the indigenous pollera colourful woollen skirt in Congress, with pride in her heritage.[4]
