Lupe Cajías | |
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Born | Lupe Cajías de la Vega 1955 (age 68–69)
La Paz, Bolivia |
Alma mater | Pontifical Xavierian University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, historian, writer |
Awards | Erich Guttentag Award (1996) |
Lupe Cajías de la Vega (born 1955) is a Bolivian journalist, historian, and writer. [1] [2] [3] Cajías has focused her career on journalism, though she is also the author of books such as Historia de una Leyenda, vida y palabra de Juan Lechín Oquendo (1988) and Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía. [2] Likewise, her career has been recognized with the UNICEF national award in 1986, [1] as well as the Erich Guttentag Award for the novel Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía in 1996 [2] (this award was replaced by the National Novel Award two years later).
Lupe Cajías was born in the city of La Paz, Bolivia in 1955. She studied journalism, with a focus in the area of research, at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, from which she graduated with honors. [4] She also studied history at the Higher University of San Andrés. [4] She witnessed the return of democracy to Bolivia on 10 October 1982, having given birth to her first child a few days before. [5]
In her role as a journalist, Cajías was also editor of El Tiempo in Bogotá, [2] and later became a columnist for the Bolivian newspapers Los Tiempos [3] and Página Siete. [6] Similarly, she served as editor-in-chief of the weekly Aquí. [1] Also, Cajías was elected as president of the Association of Journalists of La Paz in 2014. [7] During this period she carried out a series of actions in favor of freedom of expression, which, according to the APLP, was limited by the actions of the government of Evo Morales. [8] Her term ended in 2016, when Nelson Martínez won new elections within the union. [9]
Cajías also ventured into the field of politics when she was responsible for the anti-corruption department from 2003 to 2005, during the presidency of Carlos Mesa. [1] [2] She was a founding member of the Huáscar Cajías Cultural Foundation. [4]
Continuing with her professional career, Cajías was a teacher at the Higher University of San Andrés, where she had been a student during her history studies. [4] In the same capacity, she teaches at the Bolivian Catholic University . [10]
Lupe Cajías | |
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![]() Lupe Cajías (2011) | |
Born | Lupe Cajías de la Vega 1955 (age 68–69)
La Paz, Bolivia |
Alma mater | Pontifical Xavierian University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, historian, writer |
Awards | Erich Guttentag Award (1996) |
Lupe Cajías de la Vega (born 1955) is a Bolivian journalist, historian, and writer. [1] [2] [3] Cajías has focused her career on journalism, though she is also the author of books such as Historia de una Leyenda, vida y palabra de Juan Lechín Oquendo (1988) and Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía. [2] Likewise, her career has been recognized with the UNICEF national award in 1986, [1] as well as the Erich Guttentag Award for the novel Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía in 1996 [2] (this award was replaced by the National Novel Award two years later).
Lupe Cajías was born in the city of La Paz, Bolivia in 1955. She studied journalism, with a focus in the area of research, at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, from which she graduated with honors. [4] She also studied history at the Higher University of San Andrés. [4] She witnessed the return of democracy to Bolivia on 10 October 1982, having given birth to her first child a few days before. [5]
In her role as a journalist, Cajías was also editor of El Tiempo in Bogotá, [2] and later became a columnist for the Bolivian newspapers Los Tiempos [3] and Página Siete. [6] Similarly, she served as editor-in-chief of the weekly Aquí. [1] Also, Cajías was elected as president of the Association of Journalists of La Paz in 2014. [7] During this period she carried out a series of actions in favor of freedom of expression, which, according to the APLP, was limited by the actions of the government of Evo Morales. [8] Her term ended in 2016, when Nelson Martínez won new elections within the union. [9]
Cajías also ventured into the field of politics when she was responsible for the anti-corruption department from 2003 to 2005, during the presidency of Carlos Mesa. [1] [2] She was a founding member of the Huáscar Cajías Cultural Foundation. [4]
Continuing with her professional career, Cajías was a teacher at the Higher University of San Andrés, where she had been a student during her history studies. [4] In the same capacity, she teaches at the Bolivian Catholic University . [10]