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'''Laura Álvarez''' (born 1969) is the Mexican-born wife of [[Jeremy Corbyn]], who attended the inauguration of [[President López Obrador]] on 1 December 2018 in Mexico City, where Jeremy Corbyn was guest of honour.<ref>''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/01/jeremy-corbyn-guest-honour-eve-populist-mexican-presidents-inauguration/ "Jeremy Corbyn guest of honour on eve of populist Mexican president's inauguration"]''</ref>
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'''Laura Álvarez''' (born 1969) is the Mexican-born wife of [[Jeremy Corbyn]], who attended the inauguration of President [[López Obrador]] on 1 December 2018 in Mexico City, where Jeremy Corbyn was guest of honour.<ref>''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/01/jeremy-corbyn-guest-honour-eve-populist-mexican-presidents-inauguration/ "Jeremy Corbyn guest of honour on eve of populist Mexican president's inauguration"]''</ref>
  
 
A former [[human rights]] lawyer in [[Mexico]], [[Laura Álvarez]] first met Corbyn shortly after his divorce from his second wife Claudia Bracchitta, having come to London to support her sister Marcela following the abduction of her niece to America by her sister's estranged husband. The sisters contacted fellow Labour MP [[Tony Benn]] for assistance, who introduced them to Jeremy Corbyn who met with the police on their behalf and spoke at fundraisers until the girl was located in 2003.<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34184265 "The Jeremy Corbyn Story: Profile of Labour leader"]''</ref>
 
A former [[human rights]] lawyer in [[Mexico]], [[Laura Álvarez]] first met Corbyn shortly after his divorce from his second wife Claudia Bracchitta, having come to London to support her sister Marcela following the abduction of her niece to America by her sister's estranged husband. The sisters contacted fellow Labour MP [[Tony Benn]] for assistance, who introduced them to Jeremy Corbyn who met with the police on their behalf and spoke at fundraisers until the girl was located in 2003.<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34184265 "The Jeremy Corbyn Story: Profile of Labour leader"]''</ref>
  
Laura Alvarez returned to Mexico, with the couple maintaining a long distance relationship until she moved to London in 2011. The pair married at a hacienda on the outskirts of Mexico City in February 2012. Ivan Pliego, a politics professor who was a witness at Mr Corbyn and Miss Alvarez's wedding, told ''[[The Telegraph]]'' earlier this year the pair had a passion for social justice, noting there are “a lot of similarities in their political projects”:
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Laura Alvarez returned to Mexico, with the couple maintaining a long distance relationship until she moved to [[London]] in 2011. The pair married at a hacienda on the outskirts of [[Mexico City]] in February 2012. Ivan Pliego, a politics professor who was a witness at Mr Corbyn and Miss Alvarez's wedding, told ''[[The Telegraph]]'' earlier this year the pair had a passion for social justice, noting there are “a lot of similarities in their political projects”:
 
:“They both want to address the greatest need,” he said. “They both genuinely care about improving the lives of the poorest sectors of society.”
 
:“They both want to address the greatest need,” he said. “They both genuinely care about improving the lives of the poorest sectors of society.”
  

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Laura Álvarez (born 1969) is the Mexican-born wife of Jeremy Corbyn, who attended the inauguration of President López Obrador on 1 December 2018 in Mexico City, where Jeremy Corbyn was guest of honour.[1]

A former human rights lawyer in Mexico, Laura Álvarez first met Corbyn shortly after his divorce from his second wife Claudia Bracchitta, having come to London to support her sister Marcela following the abduction of her niece to America by her sister's estranged husband. The sisters contacted fellow Labour MP Tony Benn for assistance, who introduced them to Jeremy Corbyn who met with the police on their behalf and spoke at fundraisers until the girl was located in 2003.[2]

Laura Alvarez returned to Mexico, with the couple maintaining a long distance relationship until she moved to London in 2011. The pair married at a hacienda on the outskirts of Mexico City in February 2012. Ivan Pliego, a politics professor who was a witness at Mr Corbyn and Miss Alvarez's wedding, told The Telegraph earlier this year the pair had a passion for social justice, noting there are “a lot of similarities in their political projects”:

“They both want to address the greatest need,” he said. “They both genuinely care about improving the lives of the poorest sectors of society.”

She has described Corbyn as "not very good at house work but he is a good politician".[3]

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