Bienvenido Zacu Mborobainchi
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Bienvenido Zacu Mborobainchi (b. March 22, 1956, Urubichá
, Ñuflo de Chávez Province
) is a Bolivia
n politician from the Guarayo people
. His grand-father had been a Guarayo leader.
Zacu Mborobainchi grew up in Urubichá. He went to village school for three years. In 1976 he did his military service in the Ranger Manchego Regiment. In 1987 was elected as the president of the Urubichá Community Centre. Between 1989 and 1991 he served as the president of the communal organization of the Guarayo people, COPNAG.
In 1994 he took part in the organizing committee of the Ethnic Coordination of Santa Cruz. Between 1995 and 1998 he served as president of the Coordination of Ethnic Peoples of Santa Cruz (CPESC). Between 1998 and 2002 he was the 'Land and Territory' Secretary of CIDOB. In 2002, Zacu Mborobainchi led the 'March for Popular Sovereignty, Territory and Natural Resources', a protest march by foot that went from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
to La Paz
. The March resulted in an accord with the government and political parties on constitutional reform which enabled the formation of the Constituent Assembly
.
In 2003 he served as vice president of CPESC. In 2004 he was appointed General Director of the Plain Areas of the Ministry for Indigenous Affairs.
In March 2006, Zacu Mborobainchi was appointed the General Director for Tierras Comunitarias de Origen at the Deputy Ministry for Lands. Zacu Mborobainchi was elected (as a MAS
candidate) to the Plurinational Legislative Assembly in 2009, as the deputy from the special peasant indigenous constituency of the Santa Cruz Department
. His alternate is Teresa Nomine Chiqueno. In the parliament, Zacu Mborobainchi is the president of the Indigenous Peasants Nations' and People's Commission of the lower chamber.
Urubichá
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, Ñuflo de Chávez Province
Ñuflo de Chávez Province
Ñuflo de Chávez is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the northern central parts of the department. The name of the province honors the conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves who founded the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Its capital is Concepción...
) is a Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n politician from the Guarayo people
Guarayo people
Guarayos is a Bolivian word for "savages" used for speakers of Tupian languages, such as the indigenous peoples of Guarayos Province in central Bolivia, who number some 20,000.-References:*http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40615...
. His grand-father had been a Guarayo leader.
Zacu Mborobainchi grew up in Urubichá. He went to village school for three years. In 1976 he did his military service in the Ranger Manchego Regiment. In 1987 was elected as the president of the Urubichá Community Centre. Between 1989 and 1991 he served as the president of the communal organization of the Guarayo people, COPNAG.
In 1994 he took part in the organizing committee of the Ethnic Coordination of Santa Cruz. Between 1995 and 1998 he served as president of the Coordination of Ethnic Peoples of Santa Cruz (CPESC). Between 1998 and 2002 he was the 'Land and Territory' Secretary of CIDOB. In 2002, Zacu Mborobainchi led the 'March for Popular Sovereignty, Territory and Natural Resources', a protest march by foot that went from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...
to La Paz
La Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
. The March resulted in an accord with the government and political parties on constitutional reform which enabled the formation of the Constituent Assembly
Bolivian Constituent Assembly
The Bolivian Constituent Assembly, convened on August 6, 2006 in Sucre, with the purpose of drafting a new national constitution by December 14, 2007; extended from the original deadline of August 6, 2007. The Assembly approved the new Political Constitution of the State on 9 December 2007...
.
In 2003 he served as vice president of CPESC. In 2004 he was appointed General Director of the Plain Areas of the Ministry for Indigenous Affairs.
In March 2006, Zacu Mborobainchi was appointed the General Director for Tierras Comunitarias de Origen at the Deputy Ministry for Lands. Zacu Mborobainchi was elected (as a MAS
Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)
The Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples , alternately referred to as "Movement Toward Socialism" or "Movement to Socialism", is a left-wing, socialist, Bolivian political organization led by Evo Morales, founded in 1995...
candidate) to the Plurinational Legislative Assembly in 2009, as the deputy from the special peasant indigenous constituency of the Santa Cruz Department
Santa Cruz Department
Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km², is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia. In the 2001 census, it reported a population of 2,029,471. The capital is the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The state is one of the wealthiest states in Bolivia with huge reserves of...
. His alternate is Teresa Nomine Chiqueno. In the parliament, Zacu Mborobainchi is the president of the Indigenous Peasants Nations' and People's Commission of the lower chamber.