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Flora Largo
Official portrait, 2014
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Potosí
In office 19 January 2010 – 18 January 2015
Substitute	Hugo García
Preceded by	Ximena Flores
Succeeded by	Trinidad Rojas
Constituency	Party list
Personal details
Born	Flora Largo Pumari (1974-12-22) 22 December 1974 Potosí, Bolivia
Party	Movement Toward Socialism
Alma mater	Tomás Frías University
Occupation	Economist politician

Flora Largo Pumari (born 22 December 1974) is a Bolivian economist and politician who represented Potosí in the Chamber of Deputies from 2010 to 2015.

Largo was born into a family of rural origins that migrated to Potosí. She studied economics at Tomás Frías University and held leadership positions in the local students' union between 1996 and 2002. In 2003, she joined the Movement Toward Socialism, attracted by its appeal to the peasant movement.

Between 2004 and 2008, Largo worked as a public servant in the Chamber of Deputies, and served as president of the congressional staff union from 2006 to 2008. In 2009, her party ran her for a proportional representation seat representing Potosí Department, which she won. She was not nominated for reelection.

Early life and career

Flora Largo was born on 22 December 1974 in Potosí. Her parents had migrated from the rural hamlet of Pati Pati, near Chullchucani in Tomás Frías Province, in search of better opportunities. Largo's father, a displaced mineworker, found work as a mason and later again as a miner. Though raised in Potosí, Largo often returned to Pati Pati to help her parents during the harvest season.

Largo completed her primary education at a Fe y Alegría school and earned her baccalaureate from the Potosí lyceum. She studied at Tomás Frías University, graduating with a degree in economics. Through her sister, she became involved in campus activism and held leadership positions in the local students' union. From 1996 to 1997, she served as press and propaganda secretary, and from 1997 to 1998 as finance secretary in the Faculty of Economic Sciences. During her final term, from 2001 to 2002, she was a student delegate to the Economics Program Council.

In 2003, Largo joined the Potosí branch of the Peasant Agricultural Corporation, a social enterprise founded by the CSUTCB to improve peasant livelihoods. That role initiated her ties to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), which drew its core support from the peasant movement. That same year, she joined the party as a grassroots member. In 2004, the MAS invited her to work in La Paz as a public servant in the legislature. She served as an advisor in the Chamber of Deputies from 2004 to 2008 and was president of the congressional staff union from 2006 to 2008.

Chamber of Deputies

Election

Further information: 2009 Bolivian general election

Largo took part in major peasant marches that pressed for the passage of agrarian reform and a new constitution, key priorities of the ruling MAS in 2006 and 2008. In 2009, the party included her on its slate of candidates to represent Potosí Department in the Chamber of Deputies. The MAS won the department in a landslide in that election, capturing all six of Potosí's proportionally allocated seats.

Tenure

In office, Largo stated that she would prioritize projects that benefited rural areas. Her agenda reflected the broader context of Potosí, long Bolivia's poorest department. In 2010, following mass protests, the Evo Morales administration pledged several public works projects to improve conditions in the region. Largo stated that her duty was to "see [these] through to execution – ensuring that they do not remain merely on paper". However, falling commodity prices left many of these projects unfinished, contributing to renewed unrest after the end of her term. She was not nominated for reelection.

Commission assignments

• Planning, Economic Policy, and Finance Commission
  • Planning and Public Investment Committee (Secretary: 2010–2011)
  • Financial, Monetary, and Insurance Policy Committee (2011–2012)
• International Relations and Migrant Protection Commission
  • International Relations, Migrant Protection, and International Organizations Committee (Secretary: 2012–2014)
  • International Economic Relations Committee (2014–2015)
• Ethics Commission (2013–2014)

Electoral history

Electoral history of Flora Largo

Year	Office		Party		Votes			Result	Ref.
					Total	%	P.
2009	Deputies	L-2		Movement Toward Socialism	243,855	78.32	1st	Won
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas

References

Works cited

Online sources

• "Comisiones y Comités: Período Legislativo 2011–2012". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011.
• "Comisiones y Comités: Período Legislativo 2012–2013". diputados.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.
• "Elecciones Generales 2009 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023.

News publications

• Arauz Marañón, Marcela (21 October 2008). "Masiva marcha fue recibida con solidaridad en La Paz y El Alto" [Massive March Met with Solidarity in La Paz and El Alto]. La Prensa (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 31 October 2008.
• "Diputados conformaron Comisión de Ética para esta gestión" [Lawmakers Formed Ethics Commission for This Term] (in Spanish). La Paz. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 July 2026.
• "El MAS ganó con 64,22%: La clase media y la burguesía también votaron por Evo" [The MAS Won With 64.22%: Middle Class and Bourgeoisie Also Voted for Evo] (in Spanish). La Paz. Bolpress. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010.
• Rojas, Rosa (11 November 2006). "Marchan bolivianos en favor de la ley de reforma agraria" [Bolivians March in Support of Agrarian Reform Law]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Mexico City. Archived from the original on 12 July 2026.
• Smink, Veronica (30 July 2015). "Bolivia y la paradoja de Potosí: El departamento más rico con la población más pobre" [Bolivia and the Potosí Paradox: The Wealthiest Department with the Poorest Population]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). London. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015.
• Vaca, Mery (15 August 2010). "Bolivia: Potosí levanta la huelga y festeja" [Bolivia: Potosí Calls Off Strike and Celebrates]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). London. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.

Books and encyclopedias

• Gonzales Salas, Inés, ed. (2013). Biografías: Historias de vida en la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional (in Spanish). La Paz: Editorial Gente Común; ERBOL; Fundación Friedrich Ebert; IDEA Internacional. pp. 274–276. ISBN 978-99954-93-05-9. OCLC 876429743.
• Romero Ballivián, Salvador (2018). Diccionario biográfico de parlamentarios (1979–2019) (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). La Paz: FUNDAPPAC; Fundación Konrad Adenauer. p. 317. ISBN 978-99974-0-021-5. OCLC 1050945993.
• Vargas Luna, María Elena; Villavicencio Arancibia, Jois Sarelly, eds. (2014). Primera Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia, Cámara de Diputados: Diccionario biográfico, diputadas y diputados titulares y suplentes (2010–2015) (in Spanish). La Paz: Cámara de Diputados del Estado Plurinacional. p. 89. OCLC 961105285.

External links

• Parliament profile Office of the Vice President (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 October 2019.
• Biographic profile ERBOL (in Spanish).