Liborio Guarulla
| Liborio Guarulla Garrido | |
|---|---|
| 18th Governor of Amazonas | |
|
Assumed office 2001 | |
| Preceded by | José Bernabé Gutiérrez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 July 1954 La Isleta, Venezuela |
| Political party | Progresist Movement of Venezuela |
| Profession | Politician |
Liborio Guarulla Garrido is an indigenous Venezuelan politician of Baniwa ethnicity, governor of state of Amazonas since 2001.
Life
Liborio Guarulla was born on July 23, 1954 in the Amazonas town of La Isleta, in the Maroa Municipality. He studied at the city of Caracas, in the Universidad Central de Venezuela, graduating in Visual Arts. Guarulla is married to Judith Campos and has two children, Pumeyawa Guarulla and Liborio Guarulla Umawaly.
Political career
As a politician, he has been a member of several parties: MAS, La Causa Radical, and lastly Patria Para Todos; with this party he won the governorship of his state, after a challenge was mounted before the Supreme Court in the 2000 election in which another candidate, José Bernabé Gutiérrez of the Acción Democrática party, had been initially declared the winner. After an alleged fraud in the elections of certain areas was demonstrated, the areas in question re-voted, and Guarulla won the election and was proclaimed governor Guarulla for the 2001–2005 period, after which he was re-elected for the 2005–2009 and 2009–2014 periods. Guarulla worked with other opposition leaders to form a unity candidate to challenge Hugo Chavez for the presidency of Venezuela,[1] also he separated from the party Patria para todos and form the progresist party MPV. In the event, Chavez beat the opposition candidate Henrique Capriles
Dabucuri-Curse
In the context of the 2017 Venezuelan protests, which started when the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela) closed the parliament [2], Guarulla was barred from office for 15 years. In consequence of that decision Guarulla announced to curse the political responsables.
«I will invoke the power of my ancestors and my shamans so that the curse of the Dabukuri falls upon those who have tried to do us evil, I assure you that you won’t die without torment. I assure you that before you die you will begin to suffer and that your soul will wander through the darkest and most pestilent places before you can, somehow, close your eyes».[3][4]
The curse was executed on May 17th of the year 2017 at the end of the a March Of The Shamans in Puerto Ayacucho, the capital of the federal state of Amazonas.[3][5]
References
- ↑ Madrid, José (5 August 2011). "Guarulla: Adición a la tarjeta unitaria se definirá próximamente". Nueva Prensa de Oriente. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ↑ "Venezuela's Supreme Court shuts down parliament in what opponents say is slide towards dictatorship". The Telegraph. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- 1 2 "Unrest, sanctions – and now Venezuela's Maduro faces a shamanic curse". The Guardian. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ↑ "Conozca de qué trata la maldición que le lanzó Liborio a Maduro". Tal Cual. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ↑ "La Gran Marcha de Shamanes: indígenas marchan contra la dictadura". El Nacional. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.