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| president = [[Luis Arce]]
| term_start = 20 November 2020
| term_end = 4 March 2024
| predecessor = [[Martha Yujra]] {{Small|(as minister of cultures and tourism)}}
| successor = Esperanza Guevara
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| birth_name = Sabina Orellana Cruz
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'''Sabina Orellana Cruz''' (born 1970) is a Bolivian unionist and politician of [[Quechua people|Quechua]] origin
== Biography ==
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A few minutes after being sworn into her ministerial position, Orellana announced an investigation against the groups {{lang|es|Unión Juvenil Cruceñista}} (UJC) and the {{lang|es|Resistencia Juvenil Cochala}} (RJC) for having incurred in [[racism]] and [[discrimination]] towards indigenous women in 2019 and 2020. In addition, Orellana declared that during her tenure in the ministry, she would work to promote the [[Wiphala]] as a national symbol, regretting that it had been burned during the [[2019 Bolivian political crisis|2019 crisis]] after the resignation of the president [[Evo Morales]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=La nueva ministra de Culturas anuncia investigación en contra de la RJC y la UJC|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2020/11/20/la-nueva-ministra-de-culturas-anuncia-investigacion-en-contra-de-la-rjc-la-ujc-275557.html|access-date=2021-07-06|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish}}</ref>
On 19 May 2021, Orellana publicly asked the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia]] to proceed to cut [[Bolivia–United States relations]], claiming that the government in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] "attacks Bolivian sovereignty".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministra de Culturas pide cortar relaciones con EEUU porque «agrede la soberanía»|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2021/5/19/ministra-de-culturas-pide-cortar-relaciones-con-eeuu-porque-agrede-la-soberania-295528.html|access-date=2021-07-06|website=www.paginasiete.bo|language=spanish}}</ref> A year later, she attended a U.S. Embassy ceremony in which the U.S. government arranged for the return of pre-Columbian ceramic artifacts that had been stolen from Bolivia <ref> https://bo.usembassy.gov/the-u-s-returns-22-pieces-of-pre-columbian-ceramics-belonging-to-bolivian-cultural-property/ </ref>.
She was dismissed by President Arce in March 2024 and replaced by [[Esperanza Guevara]]. <ref> https://www.minculturas.gob.bo/esperanza-guevara-asume-como-ministra-de-culturas-descolonizacion-y-despatriarcalizacion/ </ref>
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