Martina Portocarrero (29 September 1949 – 22 April 2022) was a Peruvian folk singer, cultural researcher, and politician.

Portocarrero was posthumously honored by the Peruvian government as Personalidad Meritoria de la Cultura (Meritorious Personality of Culture).

During her political career, she ran unsuccessfully for various positions as a member of FREPAP, Broad Front, and Free Peru.

[citation needed] Her interpretation of the Ayacucho huayno song "Flor de Retama [es]", composed by Ricardo Dolorier, which refers to the Huanta student rebellion of 1969, was well known.

She was touted as a possible Ministro de Cultura del Perú [es] (Minister of Culture) during the beginning of the governments of Ollanta Humala[4] and Pedro Castillo.