Teresa Margarita Natalia Marinovic Vial (born 3 February 1973) is a Chilean, columnist and politician of conservative-libertarian ideology who serves as member of the Constitutional Convention. She is known for her outspoken personality and confrontational approach to politics.

Teresa Marinovic Vial
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Constituency10th District
Personal details
Born
Teresa Margarita Natalia Marinovic Vial

(1973-02-03) 3 February 1973 (age 51)
Viña del Mar, Chile[a]
Political partyClose to Republican Party
SpouseRicardo Alcalde Rodríguez
ChildrenNine
Residence(s)Santiago, Chile
OccupationColumnist
NicknameTere Marinovic

She received a degree in philosophy at the University of The Andes, where for ten years she worked as teacher in courses of philosophycal anthropology, theory of truth and theology. She has also worked as a columnist for the Chilean newspapers El Mostrador and Las Últimas Noticias, as well as in the multimedia area with Radio Bío-Bío. In 2018, she was appointed executive director of the Fundación Nueva Mente, a libertarian think tank.[2]

She was elected as a member of the Constitutional Convention by District 10, receiving the second largest number of votes in the district and the largest number of votes of her electoral list: Vamos por Chile.[3]

Early life

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Marinovic, of Croatian and Basque descent, attended secondary school at the Santa Úrsula School in Santiago. In 1991, she was accepted to the University of The Andes, where she received a philosophy degree with a focus on contemporary philosophy.[4] She has stated that she supported Augusto Pinochet regime and still defends its political work despite what she calls its "non-systematic"[b] human right violations.[c]

Political career

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Rising: Video-columns (2016−2020)

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She began to become known due to her publication video-opinion columns shared on social networks on the Internet, where she gave her point of view on matters of interest to the Chilean national public opinion. Her editorial line was tendingly social-conservative in value issues whereas liberal in economics. Likewise, she showed herself as an opponent to the governments of Michelle Bachelet (centre-left; 2014–2018) and Sebastián Piñera, whom she criticizes since the beginning of his centre-rightist second government (2018–2022).[5]

Through these platforms and her opinion columns, she has carried out political cyberactivism for different social causes, such as so that the owners who allocate their homes for themselves, do not pay more contributions that increase the price of housing in Chile, in addition to eliminate other taxes and payments to the State that, in her opinion, raise the cost of living in the South American country.[6] She has been in favor of immigration in Chile —as a positive factor for the economy— but against irregular immigration, harshly criticizing the handling of this issue by recent governments.[7] During the 2019–20 Social outbreak, she was against the mobilizations, even sarcastically commenting on an incident that occurred between a policeman and a young man. Marinovic called him a "criminal" and also asked about the health of the young man "who was swimming in the Mapocho [river]."[8][9]

At the end of 2020, she was proposed by José Antonio Kast's Republican Party[10] to be included as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention, being finally registered with the Electoral Service on the list of "Vamos por Chile", the electoral pact of Chile Vamos (Piñera's coalition).

Constitutional Convention (2021−22)

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On 4 July 2021, Marinovic was invested as constituent. Nevertheless, that day was marked by riots outside the Pereira Palace, groups she harshly criticized[11] and about –recording in live by Instagram through her cellphone– she had a tense debate with future president of the Convention Elisa Loncón,[12] who told Marinovic "why did you come here to provoke?".[12][13]

Days later, in the fourth session of the convention, she clashed again with the now president Loncón on Loncón's statements about the death of the Mapuche Weichafe Pablo Marchant in Carahue, who died in a confrontation with Carabineros de Chile.[14] Marinovic reminded that Loncón "is the president of the all Convention"[14] and that her 'debatable' opinions were unnecessary.[14] Likewise, Marinovic has called Machi Francisca Linconao a "dictator".[15][16] Then, in the tense ninth session of 20 July (due to the issue of human rights), she directly criticized to Linconao for speaking in Mapudungun and not in Spanish.[17][18][19][20][21] Because to all of that, Marinovic was criticized by constituents[22] like Ramona Reyes (Socialist Party),[23] who considered Marinovic as a racist person.[23][22] Later, the same day, she was faced by the constituent Valentina Miranda (Communist Party[24]), who told Marinovic to "keep that intolerance" to herself.[25] Besides, Miranda assured said that to her in representation of who are of Mapuche descent, reason why –according her– she wore the Colo-Colo T-shirt.[26]

Two days after the controversy with Linconao, the centre-right constituent Hernán Larraín Matte (Evópoli) stated that: "I told Teresa Marinovic that I did not agree with the provocation she made".[27] and that «all deserve respect».[27] Elapsed the controversy, on 29 July, she received a gift from the poet Felipe Cussen: a Mapudungun dictionary for that "together let's learn this beautiful language";[28] she took the present with humor and published herself smiling with the dictionary on her Instagram account.[28]

On 3 August 2021, she generated controversy after getting into a shouting match with Jaime Bassa, the vicepresident of the convention.[29][30][31][32][33]

Personal life

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She has nine sons of her first marriage, which she divorced.[34]

Her current couple is the lawyer Enrique Alcalde Rodríguez, member of the Supreme Court of Chile.[35]

Notes

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  1. ^ During the 24 January 2021 edition of Café Cargado, a La Red talk show hosted by Checho Hirane, Marinovic said she was born in Viña del Mar because "she was not scheduled" and was born in the middle of her parents' holidays.[1]
  2. ^ Café Cargado, minutes 57:15–57:17.[1]
  3. ^ Café Cargado, minutes 55:34–58:05.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Café Cargado: Programa del 24 de enero de 2021". La Red. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Directorio". Fundación Nueva Mente. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Distrito 10: Teresa Marinovic y Fernando Atria pelean voto a voto el liderato de las preferencia". CNN Chile. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Currículum Vitae de Alejandro G. Vigo".
  5. ^ "Teresa Marinovic: "Ni en mis peores pesadillas pensé que Piñera podía ceder al punto que ha cedido"". Radio Duna. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Teresa Marinovic: Los impuestos que pagas sin darte cuenta". Fundación Nueva Mente. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Tere Marinovic: Xenófobos e ignorantes". Fundación Nueva Mente. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Teresa Marinovic lanzó cruel y despreciable broma contra joven lanzado al Mapocho". Ilustrado. 6 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Las 5 frases más brutales de Teresa Marinovic: La pinochetista en la lista de Chile Vamos en el distrito 10". La Izquierda Diario. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ^ Minay, Sebastián (18 January 2021). "Cómo se construyó la campaña de Marinovic con la que hoy Republicanos de Kast saca cuentas alegres". La Tercera. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Teresa Marinovic en primer día de la Convención Constitucional: "Veo a grupos haciendo mucho show"". Canal 13. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  12. ^ a b "¿Por qué usted viene a provocar?: El fuerte encontrón entre Elisa Loncon y Teresa Marinovic en el marco de la primera sesión de la Convención Constitucional". El Mostrador. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  13. ^ ""¿Por qué usted viene a provocar?": Elisa Loncon frenó a Teresa Marinovic en la Convención Constituyente". El Desconcierto. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  14. ^ a b c "Marinovic emplaza a Elisa Loncon, trata de "dictadora" a Francisca Linconao y debe ser calmada por Jaime Bassa". El Desconcierto. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  15. ^ "El enojo de Marinovic: trató de dictadora a Linconao, emplazó a Loncón y después la fue a buscar". Radio Bío-Bío. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  16. ^ ""Dictadora": Teresa Marinovic apuntó a Elisa Loncon y Francisca Linconao en la Convención Constitucional". Sabes.cl. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Marinovic critica a Linconao por hablar en mapudungun en la Convención". Canal 13. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Teresa Marinovic critica uso del mapudungún por parte de Machi Linconao en la Convención". Megavisión. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Teresa Marinovic alegó que machi Francisca Linconao realice intervenciones en mapudungún". 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Machi Linconao responde a críticas de Marinovic por hablar en mapudungún durante la CC: "Sus expresiones han generado incitación al odio racial"". 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Marinovic critica a Linconao por hablar en mapudungún: "No pierde oportunidad de hacer show"". 24 Horas. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Constituyentes acusan "racismo" de Teresa Marinovic contra la machi Francisca Linconao". Canal 13. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  23. ^ a b "Convencional Ramona Reyes acusa "racismo" de Marinovic: Criticó a machi Linconao por hablar en mapudungún". CNN Chile. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  24. ^ Follonier, Alfredo (19 May 2019). "La convencional constituyente más joven propone una Constitución que "reparta el poder"". Telam. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Tere Marinovic encarada fuera de la sala: "Esa intolerancia llévatela para adentro"". Publimetro. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  26. ^ "El ENCONTRÓN de Tere Marinovic con Constituyente Comunista". Chilean politics. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  27. ^ a b "Hernán Larraín Matte pide respeto mutuo en la Convención: "Le dije a Teresa Marinovic que no compartía la provocación que realizó"". El Mostrador. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  28. ^ a b "Teresa Marinovic recibió inesperado regalo durante sesión de la Convención Constitucional". ADN Radio Chile. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  29. ^ "Tensión en el hemiciclo: Marinovic de nuevo eleva el tono contra Elisa Loncon en la Convención y Jaime Bassa vuelve a llamarla al orden". El Mostrador. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  30. ^ ""No levante la voz, señora Marinovic": Bassa pide hacer buen uso de la palabra tras interpelación a Loncón". CNN Chile. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  31. ^ ""No levante la voz": El tenso momento entre Teresa Marinovic y Jaime Bassa en la Convención Constitucional". 24 Horas. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  32. ^ ""Está usando micrófono, no levante la voz": Bassa interrumpe a Teresa Marinovic tras interpelar a Elisa Loncon". El Desconcierto. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  33. ^ "Tenso intercambio entre Bassa y Marinovic: "Está usando micrófono, no levante la voz"". Radio Infinita. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  34. ^ Penjean, Lorena (30 May 2018). "Línea directa con Tere Marinovic: "¿La mujer ha sido abusada por el hombre? Sí, y el hombre también por la mujer"". The Clinic. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  35. ^ "Confirman a marido de Teresa Marinovic y al exdefensor de Ponce Lerou como abogados integrantes de la Tercera Sala de la Suprema". El Mostrador. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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