Patricia Arce

María Patricia Arce Guzmán (born 6 May 1970) is a Bolivian lawyer and politician serving as senator for Cochabamba since 2020. A member of Movimiento al Socialismo, she also served as mayor of Vinto from 2015 to 2020.

Early life and career Arce was born in Quillacollo on 6 May 1970, being the youngest of 10 siblings. After studying high school and automotive mechanics, she graduated as a lawyer and later became a tax assistant in Chapare and coordinator of the Rural Patrol Mobile Unit. She gave seminars and was an advisor to peasant communities and entities.

At the end of December 2019, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights granted precautionary measures in favor of Arce and her children "after considering that they are in a serious and urgent situation of risk of irreparable damage to their rights", noting that Arce had not received any protection scheme from the Bolivian State.

Chamber of Senators In the 2020 general elections, in which the presidential binomial of the MAS (Luis Arce (no relation)-David Choquehuanca) triumphed, Arce was elected senator for the Department of Cochabamba for the 2020-2025 legislative period, occupying second place on the list of incumbent candidates for the MAS. She took office in November of the same year.

Other work In 2018, Arce had received the International Maya Award.