October 11, 2022, 10:55 PM
October 11, 2022, 10:55 PM
It is undeniable that Eva Copa has become one of the country’s political personalities. First as president of the Senate, during the mandate of Jeanine Áñez, and currently as mayor of El Alto, Copa It has been on the front pages of the media.
Barely 35 years old and of Aymara origin, he not only breaks the mold of the national political tradition, but also It also transcends the international scene.
At least that is what the time magazine, that includes the first authority of El Alto in its TIME 100 Next listcorresponding to the year 2022. The North American publication identifies hundred emerging leaders that are called to continue growing in the regional and world political scenarios.
The magazine accompanies the nomination with a brief profile of Copa. His role at the head of the Senate and his subsequent electoral victory stand out in it. to assume the Mayor’s Office of El Alto.
The article also refers to the closeness he maintains with President Luis Arce “on the city’s health and safety challenges, charting a democratic path for leftists in Bolivia.”
Describe Copa as “young and indigenous, like the majority of the population of El Alto“. The note that accompanies his profile recovers a phrase pronounced by the municipal authority. “Renewal is not just about age, renewal is about bringing new faces into politics”, he told Reuters last year. “To lay a good foundation and build on it.”
The list of the hundred emerging leaders rrecognizes “mmusicians and medical professionals, government officials, movement leaders and high-profile whistleblowers along with leading executive directors, all selected by the journalists” of the publication.
It also refers to the reasons why those selected are included in it: “these people are your extraordinary efforts to shape our world and define our future,” it reads.
