Toribia Álvaro

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Toribia Álvaro Moya (born 16 April 1966) is a Bolivian Indigenous leader and politician who represented Oruro's special Indigenous constituency as a substitute in the Chamber of Deputies from 2010 to 2015. Raised in Vilañeque among the Uru of Lake Poopó, Álvaro received limited formal education and worked as a sheep farmer. Beginning in 2004, she held traditional leadership positions in accordance with Uru usos y costumbres. She served as community mayor of Vilañeque and as a member of its school board, and was later mama t'alla of the Uru Native Nation. In 2009, the Uru people gained a reserved seat in the Chamber of Deputies. For the election, the Uru of Lake Poopó agreed to support Benigno Quispe, an Uru Chipaya, with one of their own as his substitute. To satisfy gender parity law, the candidate had to be a woman, so Álvaro agreed to run. Their ticket won the seat, and she served a single term in the legislature.

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