Laura Alvarez (Jeremy Corbyn’s

Some Lesser Known Facts About Laura Alvarez

• Laura Alvarez began her career by studying law in Mexico. Later, she worked as a banker to help many rural communities.

  

• She first met Jeremy Corbyn in 1999 when he helped find her niece after she was kidnapped.

• Alvarez’s sister Marcela, who lived in London, had her daughter taken by her estranged husband to America. Marcela reached out to the late labour minister Tony Benn for help, who then connected her with the local MP Corbyn. Once, during a media discussion, Marcela shared how Corbyn fell in love with her sister, Laura Alvarez. Marcela said,
  

  He made calls and did everything he could to help. Without his assistance I would never have been reunited with Jasmin. Because of our case he met my sister and they fell in love. I introduced them”

  

• Laura Alvarez flew from Mexico to London to support her sister and met Jeremy Corbyn at a fund-raiser in the Finsbury Park community hub.

• After they met, she went back to Mexico City for her law studies. However, they decided to stay connected, and they kept up a long-distance relationship for years.

  

• Upon marrying Jeremy Corbyn, Laura Alvarez left her banking job and relocated to England. In London, Laura briefly served as a human rights activist and was employed as an administrator at the National Commission of Human Rights Commission for some time.

• In June 2013, she started a company named Café Mam, which brings in coffee and chocolate from Mexico. Reportedly, the beans are organic and are labelled under Fairtrade.

  

• Laura Alvarez’s coffee business faced criticism in 2015 when reports revealed that the coffee she sold was purchased from farmers who live in Mexico’s poorest state, and these farmers earned significantly less for their beans than what they were sold for in the UK.

• In October 2015, she turned down an invitation to join her husband, Jeremy Corbyn at a state banquet with the Queen of London and the Chinese President Xi Jinping at Buckingham Palace.

  

• Once, during a media conversation, Laura Alvarez described her husband, Corbyn, as “not very good at housework” but “a good politician.”

• Laura Alvarez is a member of the Organise Corbyn Inspired Socialist Alliance (OCISA) group on Facebook.

• When Jeremy was a labour minister, Laura Alvarez was often spotted visiting Parliament to meet him.

  

• She frequently participates in several debates and seminars organised by various human rights activism organisations in London.

  

• Laura Alvarez is an animal lover. She has a pet cat and often shares pictures of her pet cat on social media.

  

• She and her husband often enjoy spending evenings at home, watching Eastenders, and having the occasional glass of wine.