Remedios Loza

Francisca Remedios Loza Alvarado (21 August 1949 – 14 December 2018) was a Bolivian artisan, television presenter and politician. She was born in La Paz. 

 Biography 
After hearing her native Aymara language on the radio for the first time in September 1965, Loza became a television presenter. She became the first person of indigenous descent to be seated in the Bolivian National Congress. Loza was a member of the Conscience of Fatherland (CONDEPA) and represented La Paz between 1989 and 2002. 

She ran on CONDEPA presidential ticket twice in 1993 and in 1997.

Loza died of stomach cancer on 14 December 2018 in La Paz, aged 69.

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Category:1949 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Deaths from stomach cancer
Category:Bolivian politicians
Category:Television presenters