# Violeta Granera

> Violeta Mercedes Granera Padilla is a Nicaraguan sociologist, activist and former candidate for vice-president. Granera worked for the World Bank, then in government before joining the civic organization Movement for Nicaragua, where she worked for seven years advocating for transparency and election reform. She resigned to run for vice-president in 2016 with the Independent Liberal Party, but the party was barred from the ballot by court decision. In the wake of the 2018 anti-government protests she became involved in the Blue and White National Unity opposition group, and in the run-up to the 2021 Nicaraguan general election, she was among the opposition leaders arrested.

*Nicaraguan sociologist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** Nicaragua
- **Born:** 1952
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Violeta Mercedes Granera Padilla is a Nicaraguan sociologist, activist and former candidate for vice-president. Granera worked for the World Bank, then in government before joining the civic organization Movement for Nicaragua, where she worked for seven years advocating for transparency and election reform. She resigned to run for vice-president in 2016 with the Independent Liberal Party, but the party was barred from the ballot by court decision. In the wake of the 2018 anti-government protests she became involved in the Blue and White National Unity opposition group, and in the run-up to the 2021 Nicaraguan general election, she was among the opposition leaders arrested.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.1
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
- [Violeta Granera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Granera)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105659041)

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