| 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 |
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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.
Biography
Larrea was born in 1944 in Santa Ana del Yacuma.
She married Julio Pinedo in 1976. Her husband succeeded his grandfather, Bonifacio Pinedo, as Ceremonial King of the Afro-Bolivians in 1992. Their ceremonial coronation took place in a Catholic service on 18 April 1992. 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.
The couple, who have no biological children, adopted their nephew and heir, Prince Ronaldo. Larrea and her husband are Catholic.
Larrea and her family live on their farm in Mururata, Nor Yungas Province. She runs a small shop that sells grocery items and co-manages the family farm. She operates her store from the first floor of her home, located fifty meters from Mururata's main square.
Larrea twice served as mayor of Mururata. In 2013, she enrolled in adult educational classes to improve her reading and writing abilities.
In 2016, Larrea accompanied her husband and son on an official trip Senegal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.
References
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- "Bolivia's little-known tribal kingdom". www.bbc.com.
- "La monarquía afroboliviana busca trascender a pesar del tiempo". France 24. April 21, 2021.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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.
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