Mariana Nogales Molinelli

Mariana Nogales Molinelli (born October 26, 1973) is a Puerto Rican lawyer, politician, and social activist. In 2020, she was elected to the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico for the Citizens' Victory Movement (MVC) party. She had previously ran as the Working People's Party of Puerto Rico's candidate for resident commissioner in the 2016 election; she received over 19,000 votes, and ended up in 4th place. She studied environmental sciences at the University of Puerto Rico, where she completed a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2006. In 2010 Mariana Nogales Molinelli earned a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. She also received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission.[1][2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nogales and the second or maternal family name is Molinelli.
Mariana Nogales Molinelli
Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
from the At-large district
Assumed office
January 3, 2021
Personal details
Born (1973-10-26) October 26, 1973
Humacao, Puerto Rico
Political partyMovimiento Victoria Ciudadana
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico (BA)
University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD)
ProfessionAttorney

Activism

Since 2011 Nogales has practiced law on the island in the areas of family matters, civil, penal, labor and notary laws.[3] From 2009 to 2010 Nogales was coordinator general for the campaign to abolish the death penalty on the island. Nogales is a recognized figure among the Puerto Rican left. She has secular beliefs, and is the founder of Humanistas Seculares de Puerto Rico (Secular Humanists of Puerto Rico, in English) an organization that advocates for the separation of church and state. In 2017 she opposed the declaration of 40 days of prayer and fasting in the House of Representatives.[4]

Nogales is a self-declared feminist. She has collaborated with feminist organizations such as the Movimiento Amplio de Mujeres and Proyecto Matria.[5][6][7] In 2021 she supported protest in favour of permanently closing the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo.[8]

At the funeral service for Carlos Romero Barceló Nogales wore a t-shirt protesting the Cerro Maravilla murders that occurred under the governor's tenure.[9]

PPT

In 2015 Nogales was selected as one of the PPT party leaders subsequently becoming the party president.[10]

House of Representatives

In 2020 Nogales was elected to the House of Representatives at large with 87,000 votes representing the third largest number of votes.[11]

Nogales was the author of the House of Representatives resolution 213, created to investigate the cutting of trees around the island in an attempt to reduce deforestation.[12][13]

In 2023 Nogales was charged along with her mother and their Ocean Front Corporation for tax evasion. The previous December Nogales was fined $2,000 and publicly rebuked by the House of Representatives. [14]

References
  1. "Escrutinio General 2016 – Resultados Comisionado Residente". Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico. CEEPUR. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  2. "Comisionado residente podrá fiscalizar la Junta | El Nuevo Día". Elnuevodia.com. September 24, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  3. "Biografía - Hon. Mariana Nogales Molinelli". www.tucamarapr.org. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  4. Rico, Metro Puerto. "Critican a Mariana Nogales por querer imponer su". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  5. "Mariana Nogales Molinelli breve semblanza para CCPR" (PDF). Chamber of Commerce Puerto Rico. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  6. Por: Metro Puerto Rico (November 15, 2016). "Mariana Nogales realiza gesto de famosa saga en pleno debate | Metro". Metro.pr. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  7. "Puerto Ricans Consider a Future Under Governor Rosselló and President Trump · Global Voices". Globalvoices.org. November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  8. "Manifestantes exigen el cierre del Zoológico de Mayagüez". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  9. "Mariana Nogales protagoniza protesta pasiva en actos fúnebres de Romero Barceló | Gobierno | elvocero.com". www.elvocero.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  10. "El PPT ya tiene sus rostros para las próximas elecciones (galería)". www.noticel.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  11. "CEE Event". elecciones2020.ceepur.org. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  12. "Buscan legislar más protecciones para evitar tala desmedida de árboles". Para La Naturaleza (in Spanish). April 29, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  13. "Mariana Nogales presenta resolución para investigar talas de árboles | ElCalce". elcalce.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  14. ""No me callarán", asegura Mariana Nogales tras referido en su contra al OPFEI". Primera Hora (in Spanish). March 21, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2023.


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