gladys marin

Who is the best Chilean of all time.
It's a very difficult question. Immediately coming to my head different names, all deserving of an important recognition by the State and also by the citizens of this country.

The truth is that in the different areas of social life it is possible to find great people who represent the best of those things.

If I have to choose one, I think I have a special respect for the figure of Gladys Marin. Historical Chilean communist leader, who had to lead a process and very complex period for communists in the country (after the fall of the wall, and being a minority opposition in Chile in the 1990s).

I have memories related to the figure of Gladys Marin since when I was a child. From my family working for her for the election of 1999, going to concentrations of very few people and sometimes to more massive acts (with the York League singing in the population the victory, for example) until, and unfortunately, the most complex moments for her, when she was near of die. I will never forget the large convoke that his funeral had. That day my mother went to look for me to school early to be able to go. It was extremely massive. I have never seen a funeral as massive as that of Gladys Marin.

In short, an extremely courageous woman, of principles and with a clear position to denounce the limits of the model, when practically nobody did it. All this combined with the enormous difficulties for women and non-heterosexuals when it comes to developing their lives in politics, in my opinion Gladys Marin is one of the main Chileans to rescue in our history.