Cynthia Hotton (born 17 January 1969) is an Argentine politician, former National Deputy and candidate for

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Early life

Cynthia Hotton was born on 17 January 1969 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

to Arturo Hotton Risler, whose parents had emigrated to

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

from

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

at the beginning of the 20th century.

Political career

Hotton began her political career with

Ricardo López Murphy Ricardo Hipólito López Murphy (born 10 August 1951) is an Argentine economist, academic and politician. He served as Minister of Defense and Minister of Economy during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa. His time at the helm of the econom ...

's party,

Recreate for Growth Recreate for Growth ( es, Recrear para el Crecimiento, often just Recrear) was a centre-right political party in Argentina, principally active in the Province of Buenos Aires. It existed from 2002 to 2009 and again during 2020, from August to N ...

, which merged with

Republican Proposal Republican Proposal ( es, link=no, Propuesta Republicana) is a centre-right political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to by its abbreviation, PRO. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national p ...

. In March 2009, she launched the ''Valores para mi país'' party, formally breaking from the Republican Proposal in August of that same year. Hotton promoted the conservative party as being the emphatic opposition to the legalization of abortion. In May 2010, she was one of the primary opponents to

same-sex marriage in Argentina Same-sex marriage in Argentina has been legal since July 22, 2010. A bill to legalize same-sex marriage was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on May 5, 2010, and by the Senate on July 15. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gave her assent ...

in the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

, leading demonstrations against the passing of same-sex marriage in July. During the devising of the 2011 budget for the Government of Argentina, Hotton denounced an alleged attempt at bribery through text messages.

Citations

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hotton, Cynthia Living people 1969 births Argentine anti-abortion activists Politicians from Buenos Aires Argentine people of English descent Argentine people of Australian descent Argentine evangelicals Argentine anti-communists Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires 21st-century Argentine politicians 21st-century Argentine women politicians