Lía Verónica Caliva (born 12 April 1977) is an

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journalist and politician, currently serving as National Deputy representing

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. A member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, Caliva was elected in

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, and currently sits in the

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Early life and education

Caliva was born on 12 April 1977 in

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, in

. She finished high school at the Escuela Nacional de Educación Técnica Nº 1 Juana Azurduy, graduating in 1992, and studied communication sciences at the National University of Salta. She also counts with a teaching degree from the Colegio Nacional Mariano Moreno. In 2005, Caliva co-founded ''Fundación entre Mujeres'' (FEM), a non-governmental foundation advocating for the rights of women and girls.

Political career

Caliva has been active in politics since she was 17 years old, and currently serves as in the directive committee of the Salta chapter of the Revolutionary Communist Party (legally registered as the "Party of Labour and the People"). At the 2019 general election, Caliva was the second candidate in the

list to the

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in Salta Province, behind

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; the list received 46.08% of the popular vote and both Godoy and Caliva were elected. She was sworn in on 4 December 2019; she swore her oath "on

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, on Martín Miguel de Güemes, on

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, on Otto Vargas, on René Salamanca, Clelia Iscaro, on

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and El Che, on all of those who fight for land, roof and labour, on my sisters and brothers of the originary peoples of Salta, because it will be law, and we want ourselves alive and free". In 2021, she was a candidate for the constitutional convention in Salta Province for the "Salta para Todos" list.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
(in Spanish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caliva, Verónica Living people 1977 births Argentine journalists Argentine women journalists People from Salta Province Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Salta Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies 21st-century Argentine politicians 21st-century Argentine women politicians