María Victoria Brusquetti
María Victoria Brusquetti (born c.1940) is a Paraguayan activist and politician. She stood as vice-presidential candidate on behalf of the National Encounter Party (Partido Encuentro Nacional) in the 1993 Paraguayan general election,[1] making her the first woman to be a candidate for Vice President of Paraguay.[2]
Brusquetti was a leader of Catholic lay workers,[3] a "long-time organizer from the Catholic grass-roots movement".[4] On November 27, 1992 Guillermo Caballero Vargas, leader of the National Encounter independent movement, selected her to be his running-mate in the 1993 Presidential elections.
References[edit]
- ^ Arthur S. Banks; Thomas C. Muller, eds. (1998). "Paraguay". Political Handbook of the World 1998. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 721. ISBN 978-1-349-14951-3.
- ^ Marcial Antonio Riquelme (1994). Negotiating Democratic Corridors in Paraguay: The Report of the Latin American Studies Association Delegation to Observe the 1993 Paraguayan National Elections. Latin American Studies Association, University of Pittsburgh. pp. 28–9.
- ^ National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. "The May 9, 1993 National Elections in Paraguay" (PDF). U.S. Agency for International Development. p. 89. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Erika Harding (March 30, 1993). "Paraguay: Overview of Presidential Race" (PDF). Retrieved July 2, 2021.
 | This Paraguayan biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |