Ximena Anza Colamar is a Chilean politician of

Atacameño The Atacama people, also called Atacameño, are indigenous people from the Atacama Desert and altiplano region in the north of Chile and Argentina and southern Bolivia, mainly Antofagasta Region. According to the Argentinean Census in 2010, 13,9 ...

(or ''Likanantaí'') descent. In

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

, she was elected to serve as the representative of the Atacameño people for a reserved seat in the Constitutional Convention.

Biography

Prior to her election to the Constitutional Convention, Anza was heavily involved in activism in her hometown of

Caspana Caspana is a Chilean village located 85 km northeast of the city of Calama, in the gorge carved by the river that shared its name and that is a tributary of the Salado River. Agricultural terraces form part of the landscape of the area. Its ...

Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. After the Spanish American wars ...

, including service as Secretary of the Atacama Community in the region. As an activist, she worked with the provincial government of

El Loa El Loa Province ( es, Provincia El Loa) is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II). It is named after the longest of rivers in Chile, the Loa River. The provincial capital is Calama. Geography and demography A ...

as well as the municipal government of Calama to coordinate sustainable regional development plans inclusive of Antofagasta's

indigenous communities Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

. On environmental policy, Anza has expressed concern that unsustainable

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mor ...

poses a threat to the environment of Caspana. She has proposed a new model of tourism, which would "be led by people from our own community, protecting the environment and with a basis that allows us to organize the territory under a respectful gaze". Anza was elected to represent the Atacameño people in the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election, receiving 954 votes in her favor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anza, Ximena Chilean politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from El Loa Province Chilean people of indigenous peoples descent