Beatriz Sánchez (journalist)
Beatriz de Jesús Sánchez Muñoz (born 24 December 1970) is a Chilean journalist and politician.
Beatriz Sánchez | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Constituency | 12th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Beatriz de Jesús Sánchez Muñoz 24 December 1970 Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Broad Front (2017–present) |
| Residence(s) | Santiago, Chile |
During the 1990s and 2000s, she worked as a political and current affairs journalist for radio stations in Chile, where she achieved high recognition for her activity. During the 2010s, she joined television, where she was the host of the Hora 20 news program on La Red.
In 2017, she ran for her country's presidential candidacy in the Broad Front primaries, achieving 68% of the preferences. In the same year, she ran as a candidate for the Broad Front in the 2017 presidential elections, where she reached third place, with a percentage higher than 20%, only two percentage points lower than her contender, Alejandro Guillier.
Sánchez has obtained multiple awards for her work as a journalist. In 2014, she received the distinction as the "best television journalist of the year" by the Adolfo Ibáñez University. In 2016 she obtained the Raquel Correa Award by the National Association of Women Journalists of Chile.