Beatriz Valle | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Congress of Honduras | |
| Assumed office 25 January 2022 | |
| President | Luis Redondo |
| In office 25 January 2014 – 25 January 2018 | |
| President | Mauricio Oliva |
| Constituency | Francisco Morazán Department |
| Ambassador of Honduras to Canada | |
| In office 2006–2008 | |
| President | Manuel Zelaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Delia Beatriz Valle Marichal 2 November 1966 Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Political party |
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| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Honduras |
| Occupation | Dentist, diplomat, politician, presenter |
Delia Beatriz Valle Marichal (born 2 November 1966) is a Honduran dentist, diplomat, politician, and television presenter. She has served as the ambassador of Honduras to Canada, vice chancellor of Foreign Affairs, and deputy in the National Congress for the Liberty and Refoundation party.
Biography
Beatriz Valle was born into a wealthy family in Tegucigalpa on 2 November 1966. Her father was an engineer who was murdered, while her mother was a housewife. Her brother Guillermo Valle is also a politician, and is president of the Innovation and Unity Party. In 1982, she graduated from the Elvel Bilingual Institute.[2] She has one daughter.
She completed her university studies in dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, where she graduated as a doctor of dental surgery in 1989. Later she traveled to Mexico accompanying her husband, but soon returned to Honduras due to pregnancy, and practiced dentistry for a short time.
In September 2008, President Manuel Zelaya appointed Valle vice chancellor of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs.[3] After the coup of 28 June 2009, she denounced an alleged persecution of Zeleaya's officials by the de facto government, and said that many functionaries had been forced to leave the country.[4]
In the 2013 general election, she won a seat in the National Congress representing Francisco Morazán Department for the Liberty and Refoundation party.[5]
In early 2016, Valle voted against the election processes of the Supreme Court six times. On social media, she created a great controversy by responding to a tweet from the United States ambassador, James D. Nealon, criticizing him for praising the election of the new magistrates, asking him to fight corruption and impunity, and insisting that there was a dictatorship in Honduras.[6]
In July 2016, she presented a bill to ratify the referendum to conduct a popular consultation on the issue of presidential reelection.[7]
In July 2016, she was denounced by businessman Vicente de Jesús Carrión for the alleged criminal offenses of insults and defamation, due to tweets in which she claimed that Carrión had been caught up in money laundering on 29 November 2015.[8] The deputy reacted by protesting an attempt to censor her on social networks.[9][10]
In 2017, she proposed legalizing the morning after pill for use in cases of rape, to prevent the victim from having to have the rapist's child.[11]
In addition to politics, Valle enjoys singing,[12] and in December 2016 she began hosting her own television program, Código abierto, on UNE TV.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ "Libre expulsa de sus filas definitivamente a Beatriz Valle". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "Entrevista: Beatriz Valle de paseo por su vida" [Interview: Beatriz Valle on a Walk Through Her Life]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 30 July 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "'Mel' nombra nuevo vicecanciller y secretario privado" ['Mel' Names New Vice Chancellor and Private Secretary] (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa: Radio La Primerísima. ACAN-EFE. 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Persiguen a funcionarios del Gobierno legítimo de Zelaya" [Functionaries of the Legitimate Zelaya Government Persecuted]. Cubadebate (in Spanish). 21 July 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Ellos son los diputados electos del departamento de Francisco Morazán" [These are the Deputies-Elect from Francisco Morazán Department]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Beatriz Valle responde tuit del embajador de EE.UU y pide ayuda contra la corrupción" [Beatriz Valle Responds to Tweet From the US Ambassador and Asks for Help Against Corruption]. Criterio (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Beatriz Valle propone ley para consulta popular sobre reelección" [Beatriz Valle Proposes Law for Popular Consultation on Reelection]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Carrión pide sentencia condenatoria contra la diputada de LIBRE Beatriz Valle" [Carrión Asks for Guilty Verdict Against LIBRE Deputy Beatriz Valle]. Noticias Cholusat Sur (in Spanish). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ Meza, Dina (25 July 2016). "Criminalizan a diputada hondureña por usar Twitter" [Honduran Deputy Criminalized for Using Twitter]. Pasos de Animal Grande (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Por un tuit, estaría siendo llevada a los tribunales Beatriz Valle" [For a Tweet, Beatriz Valle Would Be Taken to Court]. NotiBomba (in Spanish). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Diputada Beatriz Valle propone legalizar pastilla abortiva" [Deputy Beatriz Valle Proposes to Legalize Abortion Pill]. HonduDiario (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Beatriz Valle reúne en su concierto a Mel, Garafulic, Iroshka y otros políticos" [Beatriz Valle Gathers Mel, Garafulic, Iroshka, and Other Politicians in Concert]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "A partir de hoy diputada Beatriz Valle conducirá su propio programa de televisión" [Today Deputy Beatriz Valle Begins Hosting Her Own Television Program]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.