Cristina Corrales

Cristina Corrales Real (5 December 1962 – 30 April 2010) was a Bolivian journalist, radio broadcaster, and politician.

Cristina Corrales
Member of the Municipal Council of La Paz
In office
1999–2005
Personal details
Born
Cristina Corrales Real

(1962-12-05)5 December 1962
La Paz, Bolivia
Died30 April 2010(2010-04-30) (aged 47)
La Paz, Bolivia
Political partyVanguardia Revolucionaria 9 de Abril
OccupationJournalist, radio broadcaster, politician

Professional career

Radio

Cristina Corrales began her professional career at Radio Cristal, a station that was home to influential broadcasters such as Lorenzo Carri. There she worked alongside Mario Espinoza and Carlos Mesa.[1]

Subsequently, she worked at Radio Panamericana, then became the star announcer of Radio Fides with her program Cristina y usted (Cristina and You) in the late 1980s.[2] She was the initiator of the station's social direction, hosting the morning program that gained a large audience after its first broadcast on 4 April 1988. This contributed to the popularity of Radio Fides, and brought about a rivalry between it and Metropolitan Radio, headed by Carlos Palenque.[3]

The program came to have some of the highest ratings in the cities of La Paz and El Alto. It began as a show with a news magazine format and then became a citizens' forum similar to Palenque's program Tribuna Libre.[4]

At Fides, Corrales founded the Christmas campaign "Por la sonrisa de un niño" (For a Child's Smile), co-organized by her colleague, the Bolivian Catholic priest and journalist Eduardo Pérez Iribarne.[5]

Television

Later she ventured into television with the program Crónicas on Canal 7. She also worked at PAT as press manager, and then at Bolivisión with her program Cristina y Usted.[2] Corrales characterized her career as that of a journalist who covered all the current events.

Documentary about the Constituent Assembly

Corrales was the only journalist who made a daily record of the sessions during the Bolivian Constituent Assembly held in Sucre, a city to which she moved after leaving politics and facing adversity when she tried to return to the media in La Paz. The recording of these sessions allowed her to make the documentary El Triunfo del pueblo (The Triumph of the People), recognized in 2009 with the Latin American Radio Award in Ecuador.[6][7] She traveled to Quito in 2010 to receive the honor.[8]

Political career

The local and national popularity that she obtained with her radio program prompted Corrales to present her candidacy for the Municipal Council of La Paz for the Vanguardia Revolucionaria 9 de Abril (VR-9) party.[9] She was elected councilor, serving from 1999 to 2005, and was the body's president from 2000 to 2005.[10][11] During her term, she carried out various investigations on the transparency of contracts and collections made by companies contracted by the mayor's office.[12] In 2000, she received King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain of Spain in the City Hall of La Paz, as well as other international visitors such as Hugo Chávez and Kofi Annan.[13]

Corrales was briefly a candidate for Senate – as well as Chamber of Deputies, simultaneously – on behalf of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) in the 2002 elections but chose not to compete as it would have required her to resign from the municipal council.[14]

Personal life

Cristina Corrales married the left-wing ideologue and Conscience of Fatherland party (CONDEPA) politician Gonzalo Ruiz Paz, with whom she had two children.[15]

She died at the Rengel Clinic in La Paz on 30 April 2010, after suffering from a bronchoaspiration.[10][16]

Awards and distinctions
  • 1990: Prix Futura World Radio Award, Berlin[2]
  • 1999: Maya Award for best radio announcer[2]
  • 2000: Maya Award for best Bolivian councilor[2]
  • 2010: Latin American Radio Award given by Simón Bolívar Andean University, Radio Nacional de España, and Radio Netherland[6]
  • 2010: Prócer Pedro Domingo Murillo Award (posthumous)[17]
  • 2011: An avenue in the Koani and Achumani areas of La Paz was designated in her honor, marked with a commemorative plaque[18]

References
  1. Mesa Gisberg, Carlos D. (2000). "Veinte años y diez años" [Twenty Years and Ten Years]. La espada en la palabra [The Sword in the Word] (PDF) (in Spanish). Aguilar. p. 5. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. "Recordando a la periodista Cristina Corrales" [Remembering the Journalist Cristina Corrales]. El Diario (in Spanish). 29 April 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. "Capítulo 26: La vocación social" [Chapter 26: The Social Vocation] (in Spanish). Radio Fides. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  4. Soruco, Ximena; Pabón, Ximena; Sanjinés, Esteban (2000). Los dueños del micrófono [The Owners of the Microphone] (PDF) (in Spanish). La Paz: Fundación PIEB. pp. 16–19. ISBN 9990581738. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  5. Hugo Maidana Alcoba, Victor (31 May 2015). "La radio en la visita papal" [Radio in the Papal Visit]. La Palabra del Beni (in Spanish). p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2019 – via issuu.
  6. "El adios a Cristina Corrales" [Goodbye to Cristina Corrales]. Diario Crítico (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. "Una afección estomacal provoca muerte de periodista Cristina Corrales" [A Stomach Condition Causes Death of Journalist Cristina Corrales]. La Patria (in Spanish). La Paz. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  8. "Bolivia gana premio latinoamericano de Radio" [Bolivia Wins Latin American Radio Award] (in Spanish). Espacios Europeos. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. "Partido de Cristina Corrales" [Party of Cristina Corrales] (in Spanish). Agencia de Noticias Fides. 13 October 1999. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. "Periodista y actriz, se fue Cristina Corrales" [Journalist and Actress, Cristina Corrales Gone]. La Razón (in Spanish). 1 May 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  11. "En Chapuma, Las Delicias y La Periférica" (in Spanish). Agencia de Noticias Fides. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  12. "Cristina Corrales es amenazada de muerte por investigar caso" [Cristina Corrales is Threatened With Death for Investigating Case] (in Spanish). Agencia de Noticias Fides. 30 January 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  13. "Activities of Secretary-General in Bolivia, 12–15 November 2003". United Nations. 21 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  14. "Tribunal Constitucional falla a favor de Cristina Corrales". Bolivia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  15. "Falleció Gonzalo Ruiz Paz" [Gonzalo Ruiz Paz Passes Away]. Sol de Pano (in Spanish). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  16. "Murió la periodista Cristina Corrales esta madrugada" [The Journalist Cristina Corrales Died This Morning] (in Spanish). La Paz: Eju TV. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  17. "Festejos por La Paz cierran con división" [Celebrations for La Paz Close With Division]. La Razón (in Spanish). 12 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  18. "Nueva plaza lleva el nombre de Ana María Romero" [New Plaza is Named After Ana María Romero]. La Razón (in Spanish). 17 July 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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