Claudia López: how the outspoken woman who wants to be president was forged
In the apartment of Claudia López and Angélica Lozano — a couple since 2012, married on December 16, 2019 — their individual spaces are distinct: “Everything shines, it’s clear which one is her desk because mine is a mess,” the senator tells EL COLOMBIANO.
TL;DR
- Claudia López and Angélica Lozano have been a couple since 2012 and married in 2019.
- López is described as a voracious reader, particularly of history, essays, and political analysis.
- She practices Chi Kung daily, a meditation technique learned in Costa Rica.
- López's political career began with the Seventh Ballot youth movement, leading to the 1991 Constitution.
- She has faced threats and exile due to her denunciations of 'parapolitics' and survived cancer.
- A pivotal decision to run for Senate was influenced by a health scare.
- López was the first lesbian woman to be elected mayor of Bogotá.
- A difficult period involved the loss of a baby conceived through IVF after López took vacation days during a critical COVID-19 phase in Bogotá.
- López is currently running for president, a decision her wife likens to her leadership evolving.
- According to polls, López is unlikely to advance to the second round of the presidential election.