Mery Zamora

Mery Segunda Zamora García (born April 19, 1972) is an Ecuadorian trade unionist, teacher, and politician. She was president of the (UNE) from 2007 to 2010, a term which coincided with the beginning of the government of Rafael Correa. She became a prominent critic of this regime, and was a frequent target of verbal abuse on Correa's broadcasts, culminating with an accusation of terrorism and sabotage in 2010. Legal proceedings against her were eventually dropped after a successful appeal.

Since 2014 she has been the first deputy director of the Popular Unity party.

Biography Mery Zamora was born in Portoviejo on April 19, 1972. She completed her primary studies at the Escuela Fiscal Mixta Amalia Zevallos No. 14, and secondary education at the Colegio Nacional Mixto 18 De Octubre and Colegio 23 de Octubre. At the Instituto Normal Superior 23 de Octubre she obtained the title of teacher in .

Following the events of September 30, 2010, she was accused of terrorism and sabotage after a cell phone video allegedly showing her inciting a group of students to violence in Guayaquil was presented on Citizen Link. Zamora responded that she had been asking students to disperse, and that the recording only included a short fragment of audio which was taken out of context. On June 12, 2013, the 10th Criminal Guaranties Court of Guayas declared Zamora guilty of the crime, but on May 27, 2014, her appeal was accepted by three judges of the , two of whom were subsequently dismissed from their positions, and one resigned. On February 10, 2015, the case against Zamora ended. In the 2017 election she was the party's candidate for the National Assembly for the southern district of Manabí, but did not win a seat. On February 22, she and candidates from four other parties requested a recount due to numerical inconsistencies.