Doña Angélica Larrea de Pinedo (born 1944) is the Ceremonial Queen of the Afro-Bolivians, as the wife of Ceremonial King Julio Pinedo. She twice served as the mayor of Mururata.
| Angélica Larrea | |
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| Queen consort of the Afro-Bolivians | |
| Reign | 18 April 1992 – present |
| Coronation | 18 April 1992 (ceremonial) 3 December 2007 (official) |
| Born | 1944 Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni, Bolivia |
| Spouse | Julio Pinedo |
| Issue | Rolando Pinedo Larrea (adopted) |
| House | Pinedo (by marriage) |
| Occupation | politician, grocer, shop owner, farmer |
| Styles of Queen Angélica | |
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| Reference style | Her Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty |
Biography
editLarrea was born in 1944 in Santa Ana del Yacuma.[1]
She married Julio Pinedo in 1976. Her husband succeeded his grandfather, Bonifacio Pinedo, as Ceremonial King of the Afro-Bolivians in 1992.[2][3] Their ceremonial coronation took place in a Catholic service on 18 April 1992.[4] King Bonifacio died in 1954, and between his death and her husband's succession, her mother-in-law Doña Aurora led the community. Pinedo and Larrea's official coronation ceremony, held by the government in La Paz, took place on 3 December 2007.[2][5]
The couple, who have no biological children,[6] adopted their nephew and heir, Prince Ronaldo.[2][1] Larrea and her husband are Catholic.[7]
Larrea and her family live on their farm in Mururata, Nor Yungas Province.[2] She runs a small shop that sells grocery items and co-manages the family farm.[2][1] She operates her store from the first floor of her home, located fifty meters from Mururata's main square.[5]
Larrea twice served as mayor of Mururata. In 2013, she enrolled in adult educational classes to improve her reading and writing abilities.[7]
In 2016, Larrea accompanied her husband and son on an official trip Senegal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.[8]
References
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- ^ "La monarquía afroboliviana busca trascender a pesar del tiempo". France 24. April 21, 2021.
- ^ a b Rodríguez, Andrés (November 14, 2016). "The last king of the Americas". EL PAÍS English.
- ^ "Crowning Afro-descendant Memory and Visibility in an Indian/Mestizo Country on JSTOR". No. 127, Afro-Latin America Rising (2019).
- ^ a b "El último rey de América". La Nacion. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Blair, Laurence (6 December 2017). "Bolivia's Afro king leads a long-neglected group stepping out of the shadows". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2024.