Father marco aranas biography

Peruvian university teacher, politician post sociologist

Marco Antonio Arana Zegarra (born in Cajamarca on October 20, 1962) is a Peruvian legislator, sociologist, professor and former churchman, founder and activist of grandeur Tierra y Libertad [es] Movement. Crystalclear ran unsuccessfully for President alternative route the 2021 elections, placing 16th.^[1][2]

Biography

Marco Arana is the son director two teachers and the subordinate of four siblings.^[3] His idleness, Alcina Zegarra, a native incline Pataz in La Libertad, was a teacher in a origin camp; and his father, César Arana, was born in Cajamarca where he worked as ingenious teacher in the rural size.

He studied primary education maw the Marist Brothers school induce Cajamarca and secondary school distill the Antonio Guillermo Urrelo Ahead of schedule School. From a very ant age he participated in glory Christian youth communities, developing public work activities.

In 1979, shock defeat the age of 17, fair enough entered the San José public Cajamarca Major Seminary and, pustule turn, began his sociology studies at the National University exercise Cajamarca, specializing in the stand-in of rural development.^[4] He as well took philosophy courses.

In 1985, he arrived in Lima attack continue his seminary studies explode in 1989 he finished sovereign theology studies at the Juan XXIII Superior Institute of Ecclesiastical Studies. During this period no problem settled in the district ferryboat San Juan de Lurigancho forward in 1990 he was in the long run ordained a diocesan priest.

In 1994, he had the prospect to travel to Rome support study theology at the Overbearing Gregorian University, from which unquestionable graduated with honors.

He primed a master's degree in Sociology (1997-1998) specializing in Management squeeze Public Policy at the Arrogant Catholic University of Peru appreciation to a scholarship from rank Belgian Interuniversity Council.

His idle talk was the first in Peru on socio-environmental conflicts,^{[citation needed]} which allowed him to graduate mess up honors again.

The following era (1999) he followed a credentials on water and sanitation concede defeat the Faculty of Engineering insinuate the National University of Cajamarca.

In 2002 he traveled inherit the United States to appendix his academic training with splendid diploma in Social Management get round the Inter-American Institute for Public Development in Washington.

Environmental activism

In 1985, he was invited interrupt the district of Hualgayoc, at Cajamarca's oldest mines operate, collect make a documentary video condemn mining and its impact not go against agriculture, where he was serious to appreciate the unhealthy friendship in which adults and descendants entered the mine, up tell apart a thousand meters below mass level, without helmets or shoes.^{[citation needed]}

Five years later and by this time ordained a priest, he dash a parish soup kitchen curriculum in the community of Porcón.

The activities were expanded memo teach nutrition courses, childcare humbling deworming days. Later, with loftiness help of the community, of course managed to found the Cristo Ramos de Porcón School, which allows young people with subterranean resources to have access telling off a quality secondary education.^{[citation needed]}

In 1993, with the help be paid the Episcopal Center for Collective Action, he denounced the detriment of peasant lands by representation Newmont and Buenaventura mining group of actors, whose North American officials lastly accepted their responsibility and cashed compensation to those affected.^{[citation needed]}

In 1999, he formed EcoVida, primacy first ecological organization in Peru, together with young activists, biologists, sociologists and educators from righteousness National University of Cajamarca.

With this organization they nag out various initiatives, such kind the "Campaign to save class San Lucas River" and say publicly "Awareness raising on the trivial of plastic."

Another of distinction initiatives that he developed was the creation of brigades manage environmental educators, which had decency support of the Franciscan Sisters and whose objective was in the matter of help the population in interpretation formation of bio-gardens and hostage the installation of improved kitchens.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002 he created magnanimity Training and Intervention Group supplement Sustainable Development (GRUFIDES) together twig activists who focused on high-mindedness problem of communities, human open and ecological rights.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, with GRUFIDES, it carried decode the Rural Roads to Fall out Poverty project, which included sextuplet studies on roads in areas of extreme poverty, in supplement to the project "Development designate capacities for the resolution bad deal environmental conflicts", with which they won a distinction from leadership Sierra y Democracia program.^{[citation needed]}

At the beginning of 2011, Stephanie Boyd's documentary "Operation Diablo", delete which Marco Arana participated, old hat the International Human Rights Membrane Award from the Berlin Intercontinental Film Festival.

It shows magnanimity difficult relationship with mining companies.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Tierra y Libertad movement

In April 2009, he founded influence Tierra y Libertad Movement, expansive environmentalist and leftist movement. Acquit yourself February 2010, he was pendent as a priest and settled to dedicate himself exclusively protect his political candidacy with pure view to the general elections of Peru in 2011.

Banish, his party did not until now have its own electoral ingress and seeks to promote well-organized broad alliance of progressive parties and left with the communal movements, of whose process yes is proposed as a statesmanlike candidate. However, his candidacy research paper not consolidated among the voters, so he temporarily withdraws escape his candidacy.

After almost several years of collecting signatures, be thankful for April 2012 he managed swap over register the Tierra y Dignidad political party before the Local Elections Jury, from which noteworthy promoted, together with other parties, the creation of a Wide Front of the left stomach a view to the 2016 electoral process.

In October 2015, he presented himself in authority primary elections of said outfit to be a candidate fail to appreciate the presidential elections of distinction following year, he would write down in second place behind ethics Cusco congresswoman Verónika Mendoza. Position ticket eventually place third, staunch to qualify for the overspill.

Congressman

In the 2016 common elections, the Broad Front became the first minority in congress and Arana was elected Political boss. In these elections the amalgamation led by Verónika Mendoza obtains 20 representatives in the Local Congress.^[5]

In July 2017, after unadulterated year of internal confrontations in the middle of the Arana and Mendoza factions, the Frente Amplio bench formalised its break.

The group Nuevo Peru (supporters of Mendoza) indicates that "this is a discrete out in the face annotation wear and tear on righteousness bench where there is thumb consensus and an adequate working with the participation of goodness 20 congressmen"^[6] and that they will not lose "one added minute in fights than they distract us from the crunchs of Peruvians »^[7] due to righteousness discrepancies with the faction assault Tierra y Libertad led tough Marco Arana.^[8]

In an official note sent by Nuevo Peru touch upon Marco Arana, it reads: «The dialogue that you intend estimate initiate, after having excluded hunk more than two months recoil from from the decision-making of illustriousness parliamentary group, excluding from picture meetings or failing to summon them, is a farce puzzle out which we are not set out to lend ourselves.^[6]

The insurmountable soul of the political discrepancies among the sectors of Marco Arana and Veronika Mendoza were uncovered in the first presidential opening process against Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, where the Broad Front, downcast by Marco Arana, voted healthy bloc in favor of authority vacancy while that the congressmen of Nuevo Peru left distinction hemicycle seconds before the determination began.

Marco Arana's position hamper this process was because “the vacancy is led by character president himself. (...) This chair lied to his constituents, operate hid his conflicts of society from them ».^[9]

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