Veronica Elizabeth Arias Fernandez (born August 31, 1983,

Loja, Ecuador Loja (), formerly Loxa and fully City of the Immaculate Conception of Loja (), is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province. It is located in the Cuxibamba valley in the south of the country, sharing borders with the provinces of Zamora-Chinchip ...

) is an Ecuadorian politician, activist and lawyer. She was a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador. She was elected into the National Assembly of Ecuador between 2017 and 2021 through the Union for Hope political party. She served in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

Commission on Worker's Right and Social Security. Before the elections in February, she requested unpaid leave from the assembly so that she could take part in the elections. Forty-two other members also made the same request including Wilma Andrade and

Mónica Alemán Mónica Rocío Alemán Mármol is a politician from Ecuador. She was elected to the National Assembly. She led the introduction of legislation to reduce domestic violence. Life She was born in about 1980. When Nelson Serrano was elected to ...

. During her absence her job would be carried out by her substitute. On February 7, 2021, she was elected into the

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