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Lupe Cajías de la Vega (born 1955) is a Bolivian journalist, historian, and writer. Cajías has focused her career on journalism, though she is also the author of books such as Historia de una Leyenda, vida y palabra de Juan Lechín Oquendo and Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía. She also studied history at the Higher University of San Andrés.

In her role as a journalist, Cajías was also editor of El Tiempo in Bogotá, Similarly, she served as editor-in-chief of the weekly Aquí. During this period she carried out a series of actions in favor of freedom of expression, which, according to the APLP, was limited by the actions of the government of Evo Morales. Her term ended in 2016, when Nelson Martínez won new elections within the union.

Cajías also ventured into the field of politics when she was responsible for the anti-corruption department from 2003 to 2005, during the presidency of Carlos Mesa.

Works Valentina. Historia de una rebeldía (1966) Novel. Erich Guttentag Award. El Presente es de lucha, el futuro es nuestro (1983) Essay Historia de una leyenda, vida y palabra de Juan Lechín Oquendo (1988) Biography Biografía de Flavio Machicado Viscarra (1994) Biography Los caminos de Nuevos Horizontes (2007) Essay Morir en mi cumpleaños (2011) Fictionalized biography of Óscar Únzaga Nueva crónica y buen gobierno (2012) Chronicle, in conjunction with other authors