Miguel Alejandro Pizarro Rodríguez (born February 17, 1988) is a Venezuelan politician in the National Assembly who represents Petare in Caracas.
His mother was one of the founders of the Committee in Defense of Human Rights for political prisoners, and was secretary to the fraction of left parties of the Senate.
[6] In 2007, Pizarro started and participated in the protests of the Movimiento Estudiantil (English: "The Student Movement"), with other future politicians like Freddy Guevara, Juan Requesens, Juan Guaidó, Yon Goicoechea, Eduardo Massieu and Manuela Bolívar when he was a student leader at the Central University of Venezuela,[7] protesting the closure of the television channel RCTV.
This sought to eradicate the acts of violence in the massive sporting events of the country, especially after the shooting murder of a fan during a football match between the teams Deportivo Lara and Portuguesa F.C.
In numerous interviews he has highlighted the need to focus on solving the problems that affect the people, instead of wasting time in political rhetoric discussion with little results:[10][11] "Our National Assembly can not keep its back turned to what is happening on the streets.
[19] In November 2016, after Venezuela received Universal Periodic Review documentation denouncing its ignorance towards Human Rights, Pizarro was the deputy who took on the leadership role to disseminate responsibilities to appropriate commissions.