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| Marisabel Rodríguez Oropeza | |
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| Born | November 23, 1964 Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela |
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| Occupation | former First Lady of Venezuela |
| Predecessor | Alicia Pietri de Caldera |
| Successor | None |
| Spouse(s) | Allessandro Lanaro Perez, Hugo Chávez (div.) Felix Lisandro Garcia (tennis instructor) |
| Children | Raúl Alfonzo Ramírez Rodríguez (17), Rosinés Chávez Rodríguez (10) |
| Parents | Carmen Oropeza, Jose Rodríguez |
Marisabel Rodríguez Oropeza (born 23 November 1964) is a Venezuelan journalist publicist and radio anouncer. She is best known for having been the second wife of current Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.
Biography
Rodríguez was born in Barquisimeto, Lara state, Venezuela, South America.
In 1999, Rodríguez was Constituyente in the process which wrote the new and actual constitution of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Republic. She was elected with the second most higt votation in the elections. She Was pressident of the Constituyent Sotial rwights and pressident of the Child Foundation. For almost two decades, Marisabel has been working in the area of social communications, especially public relations and as editor of the social section of the journal El Impulso, one of the most important printed media in the west-center region of Venezuela.
Rodríguez is an announcer and radio producer. She produced a magazine for children, "El Club de los Exploradores". She has anchored for television stations including Telecentro and Niños Cantores Televisión in Lara State. She has also produced the informative radio program "Líder en la Noticia" and "Club de Exploradores", for childrens.
In 2007, she publicly denounced the constitutional reforms proposed by her ex-husband, Hugo Chávez Frías, the president of Venezuela.citation needed
Death threat
In 2008 the Chavismo denounced supposed plan to kill Rodriguez in order to create national outrage in Venezuela and destabilize the Chavez regime. A delegate from the PSUV named Gerson Perez accused Luis Tascon and Ismael Garcia, along a supposed paramilitaries and American looking people in a "secret reunion". Perez accused Tascon of being a counterrevolutionary and a traitor. Tascon defended himself from the accusations and said that he was being unjustly accused because of his recent denunciation of corruption in the Chavez regime. Garcia denied all charges and accused the government of trying to set up "smoke curtains" to hide the problems of the Chavez regime and its policis. Garcia called for the protection of Rodriguez which since she had received death threat the government had done nothing, Garcia also called for the protection of the denouncer Perez. Actually, Marisabel Rodriguez Oropeza is candidate for regional elections in Venezuela, Shes lookin for "Alcaldía deIrribarren", where she was born.and shi is the first option against officialism wich has an another female candidate Amalia Saenz. Shis lookin for a trird way agasisnt chavez,like she says, she's not form the goverment (officialism) neither opossition. Rodriguez in numerous occasions has exclaimed that her ex-husband Hugo Chavez is lost of the original revolucionary proccess.Fact|date=July 2008}}
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| Preceded by Alicia Pietri de Caldera |
First Lady of Venezuela 1999–2002 |
Succeeded by none |
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