Political Career
In July 2011 the elected new Presidente of Peru, Ollanta Humala, announced that Baca would become his Minister of Culture. On 28 July she was sworn in, becoming the second Afro-Peruvian cabinet minister in the history of independent Peru. She resigned due to a cabinet reshuffle on 11 December 2011.
In November 2011 she was elected for the OAS (Organization of American States) as President of the Commission of Culture for the period 2011-2013.
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