Poly Ugarte

Blanca Rosana Ugarte Guzmán (born 1959), better known as Poly Ugarte, is an Ecuadorian activist, lawyer, and politician.

Poly Ugarte
Member of the National Assembly
In office
May 14, 2017 – December 14, 2018
ConstituencyGuayas Province District 2
Member of the National Congress
In office
August 10, 1998 – January 5, 2003
ConstituencyGuayas Province
Municipal Councilor of Guayaquil Canton
In office
August 10, 1994 – August 10, 1998
Personal details
Born
Blanca Rosana Ugarte Guzmán

1959 (age 63–64)
Puerto Bolívar, Ecuador
Political party
Alma materUniversidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

Biography

Poly Ugarte was born in 1959 in the Puerto Bolívar parish of Machala Canton.[1] She completed high school at La Asunción school and her higher education at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, where she obtained a law degree.[2][3]

She began her political career in 1992 in support of the presidential candidacy of conservative Jaime Nebot. In the 1994 sectional election, she won a seat as councilor of Guayaquil Canton for the Social Christian Party (PSC), during the mayoral administration of León Febres Cordero.[2][4] She was one of the councilors who voted in favor of the construction of Malecón 2000.[3]

In the 1998 legislative election, she was chosen national deputy representing Guayas Province for the same party.[5] She served in this position until 2003.

Years later, Ugarte returned to politics for the PSC, and won a seat as a member of the National Assembly representing Guayas in the 2017 legislative elections.[6] At the end of 2018, she disenrolled from the PSC and resigned her position to participate as a candidate for the prefecture of Guayas Province for the Creating Opportunities party.[7][8] In the following year's elections, she obtained third place.[9]

Activism

In 2006, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which led her to create the Poly Ugarte Foundation with the goal of promoting the prevention of the disease. In October 2007, the foundation began its "Tócate" (Touch Yourself) campaign.[2] In its first three years of operation, the foundation served more than 120,000 women for free.[1]

Since then it has carried out campaigns, marches, and equipped mobile clinics in various Ecuadorian cities. It also has a service center in Guayaquil.[1][10]

References
  1. "Poly Ugarte y su cruzada contra el cáncer" [Poly Ugarte and Her Crusade Against Cancer]. Revista Familia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 12, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  2. "Su lucha nunca termina" [Her Struggle Never Ends]. El Universo (in Spanish). Gran Guayaquil. October 20, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  3. "Abogada machaleña emprende una lucha por salvar a las mujeres del cáncer de mama" [Lawyer from Machala Embarks on a Fight to Save Women from Breast Cancer]. El Universo (in Spanish). Gran Guayaquil. February 11, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  4. "Tres reinas nos tocan el corazón, Cáncer de seno" [Three Queens Touch Our Hearts, Breast Cancer]. Cosas (in Spanish). October 9, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  5. "Mayoria Dp Psc En Congreso". Explored (in Spanish). Quito. June 11, 1998. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  6. González, Jorge (April 27, 2017). "CNE entregó credenciales a asambleístas electos de Guayas" [CNE Hands Credentials to Elected Assembly Members from Guayas]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  7. Velez, Roger (December 15, 2018). "13 asambleístas dejan sus curules para ir a seccionales" [13 Assembly Members Leave Their Seats to Go to Sectionals]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  8. "Poly Ugarte se suma a lista de renuncias en Asamblea Nacional por elecciones de 2019" [Poly Ugarte Joins the List of Resignations in the National Assembly for the 2019 Elections]. ecuadorinmediato.com (in Spanish). December 14, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  9. "Entrevista a Carlos Luis Morales, prefecto electo de la provincia del Guayas" [Interview with Carlos Luis Morales, Prefect Elect of Guayas Province] (in Spanish). Teleamazonas. March 25, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  10. Ochoa, Karina (March 5, 2015). "Poly Ugarte rompe fronteras al organizar el Lazo Humano en Rumichaca" [Poly Ugarte Breaks Borders by Organizing the Human Loop in Rumichaca] (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
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