Alvarez, Gloria

Born in a family of emigrants from the countries of "real socialism". Father is Cuban by nationality, mother is Hungarian ^[1] . She worked as a sales clerk in a store ^[2] . Graduated from the University of Guatemala Francisco Marockin with a course in political science and social sciences. She received a master's degree in international relations from the University of Rome La Sapienza .

Gloria Alvarez adheres to right-wing political views, acts as the ideologist of radical libertarianism . She is actively involved in Guatemalan politics as a coordinator and spokeswoman for the National Civil Movement ( MNC ). Conducts the socio-political radio program Viernes de Gloria - Friday with Gloria ^[3] .

Gloria Alvarez gained wide fame at the end of 2014 , after her speech at the session of the Ibero-American Youth Parliament in Zaragoza . Her speech calling “to dismantle populism” became a YouTube hit ^[4] . The phrase Alvarez El populismo ama tanto a los pobres que los multiplica - Populism loves the poor so much that it multiplies their number - it has become a popular meme .

Alvarez criticizes the communist regime of the Castro brothers in Cuba , the Sandinista regime of Ortega - Murillo in Nicaragua , the Latin American governments of " 21st century socialism " ( Chavez - Maduro in Venezuela , Correa in Ecuador , Morales in Bolivia ) - for dictatorial practices, human rights ”,“ purchase of votes ” ^[5] .

The term “ populism ” in the negative sense of Gloria Alvarez denotes the politics of communism and left-wing authoritarianism. She contrasts this phenomenon with political republicanism and ideological libertarianism , "guaranteeing human diversity." In general, her position is characterized as Populismo vs República - Republicanism against populism ^[6] .

At the same time, opponents of Gloria Alvarez note that only left-wing populism and authoritarianism are criticized, while right-wing populism - for example, Guatemalan presidents Efrain Rios Montt or Otto Perez Molina - is more likely to be approved ^[7] .

Gloria Alvarez visited Spain , Argentina , Uruguay (in the last two countries the left-wing governments of Kirchner and Muhiki were in power), she conducted a polemic with left-wing youth organizations. In January 2015, Gloria Alvarez's lecture trip to Nicaragua led to an acute conflict. A Sandinista student organization threatened to disrupt Alvarez’s performance at Managua Polytechnic University using physical methods. At the capital's airport, Alvarez was detained and interrogated.

Only cowards prefer to exchange bullets instead of exchanging words.
Gloria Alvarez ^[8] .

Gloria Alvarez is involved in Guatemalan politics as an analyst and right-wing advocate. However, she does not run for parliament and does not join political parties - believing that the public movement MNC, radio and the Internet are more effective tools. Most Guatemalan politicians criticize the corruption and lack of promising projects ^[9] . He defends General Efrain Rios Montt, accused of war crimes ^[10] . Alvarez categorically rejects the accusations of Rios Montt of the Mayan ethnic genocide , pointing out the fact that many Indians were in pro-government Civil Self-Defense Patrols .

The activities of Gloria Alvarez are not limited to Guatemala. She is actively involved in the right-wing information and political projects of Ibero-America. He is in contact with Cuban anti-communist emigration, and maintains ties with right-wing conservative parties in several Latin American countries, including the Salvadoran Nationalist Republican Alliance ^[11] .