Patricia Mora Castellanos

Ana Patricia Mora Castellanos (born 13 January 1951) is a Costa Rican sociologist, university professor, and politician.

Patricia Mora Castellanos
Minister of Women's Affairs of Costa Rica
Assumed office
8 May 2018
PresidentCarlos Alvarado Quesada
Preceded byAlejandra Mora Mora
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
In office
1 May 2014 – 30 April 2018
Preceded byGustavo Arias Navarro
Succeeded byPaola Viviana Vega Rodríguez
Constituency11th Position of San José Province
President of the Broad Front
In office
9 March 2013 – 8 May 2018
Preceded byJosé Merino del Río
Personal details
Born
Ana Patricia Mora Castellanos

(1951-01-13) 13 January 1951
NationalityCosta Rican
Political partyBroad Front
Spouse
José Merino del Río
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(m. 1977; died 2012)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Costa Rica
OccupationAcademic, politician

Biography

Patricia Mora Castellanos was born on 13 January 1951.[1] She was president of the National Executive Committee of the Broad Front and a deputy for that party, as well as a member of its Political Commission and the Organizing Committee.[2] She was married to José Merino del Río (leader of the Costa Rican left) from 1977 until his death in 2012, and is the daughter of Communist leader Eduardo Mora Valverde. She is the niece of Manuel Mora, founder of the country's Communist Party and one of the fathers of the Social Guarantees of the 1940s.[2] She is also the mother of filmmaker Maricarmen Merino and philosopher Dr. Alejandra Merino.

Mora is a sociologist and professor of general studies at the University of Costa Rica. She was a member of the People's Vanguard, Democratic Force, and People's Party, and participated in social struggles against ALCOA, against the Energy Combo Bill, and against the free trade agreement with the United States. She was a founding member of the Broad Front alongside her husband, and was its representative before the Foro de São Paulo as a member of its Political Commission and the Executive Committee.[2][3] She was elected deputy for the party in the 2014 general election.[4]

Mora was secretary of the Legislative Assembly's commission that investigated the political scandal known as the "Cementazo",[5] where the loan of $31.5 million from the Banco de Costa Rica to the construction entrepreneur Juan Carlos Bolaños was questioned. The case of alleged influence peddling would involve members of the three Supreme Powers (deputies, the Supreme Court of Justice, and the Presidency).[6]

On 8 May 2018, President Carlos Alvarado Quesada named Mora the country's Minister of Women's Affairs as head of the National Women's Institute (INAMU).[7]

References
  1. Información básica (PDF) (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. 2016. p. 36. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. Murillo, Álvaro; Barrantes C., Alberto (6 December 2013). "Frente Amplio expresó simpatía con revolución de Hugo Chávez" [Broad Front Expresses Sympathy With Revolution of Hugo Chávez]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. "Declaración de Frente Amplio (Costa Rica) ante el restablecimiento de vínculos diplomáticos entre Cuba y los Estados Unidos" [Declaration of Broad Front (Costa Rica) Before the Restoration of Diplomatic Ties Between Cuba and the United States] (in Spanish). Foro de São Paulo. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. "Declaratoria de elección de Diputados 2014" [2014 Declaration of Election of Deputies] (PDF) (in Spanish) (830–E11–2014). Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica. 3 March 2014: 8. Retrieved 14 January 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Solano, Jacqueline (1 August 2017). "PLN presidirá comisión que investigará préstamos del BCR" [PLN to Chair Commission That Will Investigate BCR Loans]. Diario Extra (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. Sancho, Manuel; Alvarado, Josué (26 August 2017). "Este es el caso del cemento chino que tiene pendiente al país" [This is the Chinese Cement Case That Has Been Hanging Over the Country]. CRHoy.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  7. Chévez Hidalgo, Marisol (16 June 2018). "La nueva Ministra de la Condición de la Mujer en Costa Rica" [The New Minister of Women's Affairs in Costa Rica]. Diario Exterior (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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