Manuel Canelas
Manuel Canelas | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Communication | |
| In office 23 January 2019 – 10 November 2019 | |
| President | Evo Morales |
| Preceded by | Gísela López |
| Succeeded by | Roxana Lizárraga |
| Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination | |
| In office 1 February 2018 – 23 January 2019 | |
| President | Evo Morales |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Manuel Canelas Jaime 21 October 1981 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Party | Movement for Socialism |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
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José Manuel Canelas Jaime (born 21 October 1981) is a Bolivian politician and political scientist. He served as Minister of Communication in Bolivia from 23 January 2019 to 10 November 2019, during the third term of president Evo Morales Alma. He also held the position of Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination in Bolivia from 1 February 2018 to 23 January 2019.[1]
Biography
[edit]Canelas was born in Caracas on 21 October 1981,[2] after his father Víctor Hugo Canelas was exiled for political activities during the dictatorship of Luis García Meza, and grew up in La Paz.[3] In 1984, his family returned to Bolivia, where his sister was born. He underwent education in La Paz, and subsequently moved to Spain to pursue his university studies.[4]
Canelas comes from a family with ties to the journalism industry. His uncle Jorge Canelas was the founder of the newspapers La Razón, La Prensa and Pulso, and the family has ownership of multiple media outlets.[5]
He studied political science at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) before obtaining a master's degree in governing and public administration at the Instituto Universitario Ortega-Marañón of UCM.
From 2009 to 2012, Canelas worked on multiple research projects in Spain, such as "Indigenous influence on state transformation: interculturalism and ethno-development in the constitutional processes of Ecuador and Bolivia" of the Carolina Foundation,[6] and "The World Social Forum: actors, discourses and strategies".
He returned to Bolivia in May 2012 with the intent of hosting a talk show.[7] From 2013 to 2014, he assumed the position of presidential representative for the 2025 agenda, and within the same year acted as a consultant to the vice presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. He started the television program "Esta Casa no es Hotel" on the network ATB.
Political activities
[edit]Canelas entered politics in 2014 as a MAS candidate for a single-member constituency seat in Constituency 3 of the department of La Paz.[8] He came out as a homosexual during the election campaign.[9][10]
In 2015, Canelas served on the Joint Constitutional Committee of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, which drafted the constitutional amendment to allow President Evo Morales to stand for re-election; this amendment was ultimately rejected in a referendum.[2]
He was elected to parliament and, in 2017, chaired the committee that investigated the Panama Papers; its final report stated that, in addition to the 360 companies registered in Bolivia, 198 individuals were investigated, leading to 76 cases being opened.[10]
In 2018, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination. On 23 January 2019, he took over as Minister of Communication, succeeding Gisela López.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Home". Observatorio de Participación Política (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- 1 2 "La Razón Digital Bolivia -". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ Gil, Andrés (5 February 2019). ""La situación en Venezuela no va a mejorar con una intervención militar o un golpe de Estado"". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Conociendo al candidato: Manuel Canelas por el MAS". www.infomanos.com. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "A 10 años de la muerte de Jorge Canelas Sáenz". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 22 July 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "La influencia indígena en la transformación estatal: interculturalidad y etnodesarrollo en los procesos constituyentes de Ecuador y Bolivia" (PDF).
- ↑ "Vicepresidencia del Estado". www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 August 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ hparlante.erad (11 August 2014). "Manuel Canelas: "La caracterización del MAS como homófobo no es real"". Erbol Digital Archivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ Mendoza, Luz (1 August 2014). "Manuel Canelas, candidato a diputado del MAS confiesa que es gay". eju.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Colectivo TLGB destaca designación de Manuel Canelas como Ministro de Comunicación - La Razón". www.la-razon.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- "Posesión de ministro abiertamente gay en Bolivia". Caribe Afirmativo (in Spanish). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1981 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Bolivian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Bolivian politicians
- Bolivian LGBTQ politicians
- Bolivian expatriates in Spain
- Bolivian expatriates in Venezuela
- Bolivian gay men
- Bolivian political scientists
- Communication ministers of Bolivia
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- Deputy government ministers of Bolivia
- Evo Morales administration cabinet members
- Gay politicians
- Movimiento al Socialismo politicians
- Politicians from Caracas
- Politicians from La Paz