Luis Mariano Rendón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rendón and the second or maternal family name is Escobar.
Luis Mariano Rendón
Born (1963-03-22) 22 March 1963
Santiago de Chile
NationalityChilean
Occupation(s)Lawyer
Environmental activist
Academic background
Alma mater

Luis Mariano Rendón Escobar (born 22 March 1963) is an activist and lawyer dedicated to human rights (DD. HH.)[1][2] and ecological rights.[3]

As an activist, he has participated in social movements that have defended communities affected by large-scale mining and energy projects with high population impact.[4]

In 2011, he participated in the mass mobilizations against HidroAysén, which brought together 100,000 people in the capital, Santiago. These demonstrations converged with the student protests. Ten years later, he filed successive lawsuits against President Sebastián Piñera[5] and other high-ranking authorities[6] for their handling of the 2019 Chilean social crisis.

Biography

Professional career

He was a leader of the University of Chile Student Federation during the 1980s, where he began his activism in the Communist Youth of Chile (JJ.CC).[7] In this way, he contributed to the removal of Rector José Luis Federici in 1987.[7] These activities led to him being persecuted by agents of the dictatorship (1973–1990), with his case being recognized by the Comisión Valech.[7]

In 1983, he entered the Faculty of Law at the Universidad de Chile.[7] He was a student activist, eventually joining the leadership of FECH in 1990.[7] He later obtained a master's degree in Management and Public Policy from the same university.[8]

He has been a professor of Environmental Law at the University of Chile,[8] at the Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTEM)[8] and at the Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello.[8]

He was also a professor of Administrative Law at UTEM, and author of essays on Environmental Law and Environmental Ethics, published in Chile and abroad.[8] Outside his academic life, he has run for elected office, though never elected.

Public life

In 2010, he took part in a citizen mobilization against the approval of the Barrancones Thermoelectric Plant due to the potential environmental damage such companies could cause. He participated in movements opposing projects such as Pascua Lama.[9][10]

On 20 October 2011, he led a group of activists who occupied the former National Congress, demanding a plebiscite to initiate a constituent assembly to replace the 1980 Constitution.[11] As a result, the Public Prosecutor's Office pressed charges, but after a lengthy trial, he was acquitted.[11] Later, in 2016, he joined the movement opposing the TPP-11, or Trans-Pacific Partnership. Rendón argued it forced countries into a “primitive ecological model.”[12]

In 2017, he filed a complaint with FIFA regarding the alleged match-fixing between Peru and Colombia, played in Lima on 10 October of that year. Rendón claimed that the teams did not respect the laws of ethics and professionalism by allegedly agreeing to a draw. He sought to have points deducted or the teams excluded from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[13] However, his complaint was dismissed for lack of evidence.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Luis Mariano Rendón (D13): "Se requiere un proceso de refundación policial y militar del país"". Diario Constitucional. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Luis Mariano Rendón: Por décadas la armada ha sido adoctrinada en un culto al golpismo". Radio Universidad de Valparaíso. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  3. ^ The Clinic.cl (30 May 2013). "Ecologistas acusan a Claude de "colaborar con las autoridades de la dictadura" mientras "la ciudadanía comenzaba a levantarse"". Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Luis Mariano Rendón: El dueño del megáfono". El Mostrador. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Caso Estallido: abogado Luis Mariano Rendón pide formalizar a ex Presidente Piñera". 11 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Abogado Rendón critica a altos mandos de Carabineros por no orientar ni sancionar abusos durante el 18O y sostiene que pedirá la prisión preventiva de Yáñez". 3 October 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Un repaso a la trayectoria política y a la perseverancia de Luis Mariano Rendón". La Cuarta. Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Organizaciones ciudadanas proponen a Luís Mariano Rendón como director de la Conama Metropolitana". El Ciudadano. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  9. ^ Daniela Estrada, Mines & Communities Website (12 November 2005). "Pascua Lama Conflict Reaches a Climax". Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  10. ^ Gustavo González, Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales (OLCA). "Proyecto aurífero amenaza glaciares andinos". Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  11. ^ a b EMOL.com (8 April 2014). "Absuelven a Luis Mariano Rendón tras juicio por toma a la sede del ex Congreso". Retrieved 28 March 2017. no existen antecedentes para acreditar la responsabilidad del ecologista en el delito de atentado a la autoridad
  12. ^ "Luis Mariano Rendón sobre TPP: "Hace que las condiciones de la desigualdad se mantengan"". 4 February 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  13. ^ a b FIFA responds to lawyer who denounced the Peru-Colombia match, https://colombia.as.com/colombia/2017/10/23/futbol/1508774674_894389.html. Accessed 23 October 2017
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