Andrónico Rodríguez
Bolivian politician (born 1988)
Andrónico Rodríguez Ledezma (born 11 November 1988) is a Bolivian cocalero activist, political scientist, politician, and trade unionist who served as president of the Senate from 2020 to 2025. He served as senator for Cochabamba. Rodríguez's lengthy career in the cocalero union hierarchy saw him serve as general secretary of the 21 September Workers' Center from 2015 to 2016 and as executive of the Mamoré Bulo Bulo Federation from 2016 to 2018, in addition to a multitude of other minor positions. He has served as vice president of the Coordination Committee of the Six Federations of the Tropic of Cochabamba since 2018.
He ran for President of Bolivia in the 2025 Bolivian general election for the Popular Alliance, placing fourth.
Early life and career
Of Quechua descent, Andrónico Rodríguez was born on 11 November 1988 in Sacaba, Cochabamba, the second-youngest of four children born to Carlos Rodríguez and Sinforosa Ledezma. From first to third grade, Rodríguez attended the Don Bosco de Melga School in Sacaba, later emigrating with his family to Entre Ríos in the coca-growing tropics of Cochabamba. He completed secondary education in the city, graduating from the José Carrasco School in 2006 and fulfilling mandatory military service in the "Colonel Ladislao Cabrera" 33rd Infantry Regiment. Rodríguez's upbringing was heavily influenced by the political activities of his parents; his father was a prominent peasant leader among the cocalero growers, while his mother worked as a minute secretary for the Manco Cápac Union at a time when it was uncommon for women to participate in organized labor.
As a child, Rodríguez accompanied his father to trade union meetings, becoming proficient in the leadership style of the Chapare coca growers, even participating in cocalero-led strikes and blockades against US-sponsored coca eradication efforts in the region.
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