Marcela Blanco
Blanco in 2023
Born1999 (age 23–24)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
NationalityGuatemalan
Alma materRafael Landívar University
Political partySemilla

Andrea Marcela Blanco Fuentes is a Guatemalan activist and politician.

Biography

Blanco graduated from the Rafael Landívar University in Communication Sciences and is in the process of obtaining a master's degree in public administration at the same university.[1]

Blanco was nominated as a candidate for member of Congress for Guatemala City by the Semilla party in 2023 general election. She occupied ninth position on the list, but she was not elected.[2] While she was still a candidate for member of Congress, she joined the demonstrations calling for the resignation of Walter Mazariegos, rector of the Universidad de San Carlos, the state university.[3]

After her failed candidacy, she became a critic of President Alejandro Giammattei's administration, as well as the Public Ministry's controversial investigations into the 2023 general election.[4]

2023 arrest

In November 2023, the Public Ministry requested the arrest of Blanco, along with twenty students and university professors critical of Mazariegos for their support for the demonstrations and the seizure of the facilities of the Universidad de San Carlos. On November 16, Blanco was arrested at her home by agents on charges of corruption.[5][6] Members of Semilla condemned her arrest,[7] and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States Luis Almagro condemned the arrests of Blanco and other students and university professors.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "¿Quién es Marcela Blanco, la excandidata de Semilla que fue arrestada?" (in Spanish). Soy502. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Elecciones 2023: Candidatos a diputados del Movimiento Semilla" (in Spanish). República. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Marcela Blanco: mi captura atenta contra la ciudadanía" (in Spanish). La Hora. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Guatemalan prosecutors pursue president-elect and student protesters over campus takeover". ABC News. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Guatemalan prosecutors pursue president-elect and student protesters over campus takeover". AP News. 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  6. ↑ Eyder, Peralta (November 16, 2023). "Guatemala's president-elect faces charges from prosecutors". NPR.
  7. ↑ Perez D, Sonia (16 November 2023). "Capturan a Marcela Blanco, excandidata a diputada de Semilla, vinculada al caso de ocupación de la Usac" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "OEA condena "continuada" persecución política a binomio electo" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.


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