Javiera García

Javiera García was a Nueva Españan politician, who served as President of Nueva España between C.Y. 79 and C.Y. 87. She oversaw most of the Second Gressian War in her presidency, a brutal war that resulted in 30,000 Nueva Españan deaths, and 15,000 Gressian deaths.

Early life
Javiera García was born inside one of the La Frontera Final spaceships, on 29 Maiary, C.Y. -24, or in the Earthly Gregorian calendar, 20 May, 2114. The spaceship she lived in, La Frontera Final #33, held 50 people, including most of her extended family. Her native tongue was Spanish, but she studied English from a very young age and was virtually indistinguishable from a native speaker. García's spaceship landed in Nueva España, northwest of the present-day location of Pueblo De Hojas, in C.Y. 12; at this time, she was 21 Earth years old, or 36 Cypriot years old. For about three Cypriot years, the family lived in a small crudely constructed hut in Cohetia, the first ever settlement in Nueva España.

Education
García attended the La Frontera Final school, a both virtual and real-life school connecting the children in all the spaceships, from age 5 (age 8 in Cypriot years) to age 18 (age 30 in Cypriot years.) For most of her childhood, she had an interest in political science and government, and studied it extensively with the resources the spaceships had. In C.Y. 15, García began attending the National University of Nueva España (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Nueva España,) which is located in Pueblo de Hojas. At the time, since Nueva España was such a new country, and Cypriots had few resources, the university was built on a temporary site some distance from the Yellow River, in the present-day Demetria neighborhood of Pueblo de Hojas. García attended the university between C.Y. 15 and C.Y. 23, studying political science. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the university in C.Y. 23.

Professor, early political career (C.Y. 24 - C.Y. 48)
Javiera García resided in Pueblo de Hojas after finishing university. She worked as a professor at the university, teaching social sciences. She taught from C.Y. 24 to C.Y. 48. Following this, she worked as a political adviser for the Social Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Socialdemocrática.)

Mayor of Pueblo de Hojas (C.Y. 56 - C.Y. 60)
García ran for mayor of Pueblo de Hojas in C.Y. 55. The residents had two Cypriot months of voting time, from 1 Juary, C.Y. 55, to 31 Ulary, C.Y. 55. The election used ranked voting. García won a narrow victory in the election, defeating Ezequiel Arraiza, Fernando Calderón, and Gabriela Rodríguez. She ran on a platform of improving the city's infrastructure, investing in small businesses and increasing connectivity with other cities in transportation and economic cooperation. She would serve as mayor for four Cypriot years, quitting her job at the university. After her first term as mayor was up, she decided to run for the National Assembly of Nueva España (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional de Nueva España) instead of running for re-election. She was elected as one of three representatives in the Pueblo de Hojas district, and took office on 1 Anary, C.Y. 61.

Representative (C.Y. 61 - C.Y. 69)
After taking office as a national representative, García began campaigning against the rapidly expanding Gressian army, and pushed for Nueva España to majorly increase its military spending and army personnel. Her push for expanding the military ended up in 15,000 citizens joining the country's army. However, the army was very decentralized and was easily defeated by the Gressians, only capturing small areas near the Nueva Españan border. After the failure of the First Gressian War, García became increasingly radical in her political views, becoming defined by pushing for increased military presence. She became a vocal critic of President Diego Ortiz, a member of her own party, because she thought he didn't go far enough.

García left the Social Democratic Party in C.Y. 63, after the end of the First Gressian War, and remained in office as an Independent. She was narrowly re-elected to the assembly in C.Y. 65, and remained in office until C.Y. 69.

Failed run for president, post-representative career (C.Y. 69 - C.Y. 78)
García ran for president against Diego Ortiz in C.Y. 68, and came in third in first-choice-votes, winning 22% of them. Even though García represented Pueblo de Hojas in the National Assembly, most of her support came from the western parts of Nueva España that were close in proximity to Gressian-controlled territory. She did not run for re-election in the National Assembly, and would have likely been defeated anyway.

During most of the next decade, García was further from the national spotlight. However, tensions with Gresse inflamed again in the late C.Y. 70s, and García decided to run for president again as an indepdendent, this time against incumbent Cynthia Cortizo.

After a very close race, García was certified the winner of the C.Y. 78 Nueva Españan presidential election, defying polls and predictions that she would lose to Cynthia Cortizo, potentially by double-digits percent-wise. She was largely carried to victory by voters for the Conservative Party candidate (Rodolfo Piñar) selecting her as their second choice over Cortizo by about a 2-1 margin.

Presidency (C.Y. 79 - C.Y. 88)
After being elected president, García immediately started pushing the National Assembly to expand military support, and the two expanded the military to an unprecedented size. Starting in C.Y. 79, Nueva España waged another aggressive campaign against Gresse, and roughly doubled in land-area, capturing much of the area west of southern Taatiklatar (most of this area is still part of Nueva España today.) This conflict, later called the Second Gressian War, died down in the early C.Y. 80's, as more Nueva Españan soldiers began to die at the hands of the Gressians. Numerous neighboring countries called on Nueva España to end the conflict, but García and her generally sympathetic government refused. Despite this, García was again re-elected by a narrow margin to a second term in C.Y. 83; however, increasing soldier deaths and slowing progress contributed to a steep dive in her approval rating. She attempted to run for a third term in C.Y. 88, but she lost to Heriberto Castañeda, who achieved a solid majority of first-choice votes.

Post-presidency (C.Y. 89 - C.Y. 132)
Javiera García descended into a horrible bout of depression following the end of her presidency. She was unemployed, but the money she'd saved from her time in politics cushioned her for the rest of her life. Her mental health somewhat rebounded in the C.Y. 90's, and she began to do some political advocacy again. After decades of on and off fighting, Gresse was finally defeated in C.Y. 127, and the new, democratic Gressian Republic was created in its place. García felt dissatisfied with this, however, because she felt that giving the Gressians self-determination was dangerous. García descended into another horrible bout of depression in the C.Y. 130's, and she died by suicide in C.Y. 132.

Legacy
García was eulogized by several political figures, including Cynthia Cortizo, the president she defeated in the C.Y. 78 presidential election. García continues to be a controversial historical figure. Some view her as a hero who aggresively fought the Gressians, while others view her as a symbol of wartime attitudes run amok.