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Facundo Suárez
Facundo Suárez (November 5, 1923 – August 2, 1998) was an Argentina, Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. Biography Suárez was born in Mendoza, Argentina, in 1923. His father, Leopoldo Suárez, served as the Minister of Public Works in Mendoza Province. He enrolled at the University of La Plata, and became acquainted with Buenos Aires Province legislator Ricardo Balbín of the centrist UCR. Suárez joined the UCR in 1941, and was later elected delegate to the Federación Universitaria Argentina, Argentine University Federation. He earned a law degree at La Plata, and a Doctorate in political science at the University of Cuyo. He was elected to the Mendoza Chamber of Deputies, serving from 1948 to 1952, and in 1958, to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. He ran for governor in 1963, and was defeated by Democratic Party (Mendoza), Democratic Party leader Francisco Gabrielli. The newly elected president of Argentina, Arturo Illia of the UCR, appointed Suárez chairman of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facundo Suárez 1965
''Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism'' (original Spanish title: ''Facundo: Civilización y Barbarie'') is a book written in 1845 by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the second president of Argentina. It is a cornerstone of Latin American literature: a work of creative non-fiction that helped to define the parameters for thinking about the region's development, modernization, power, and culture. Subtitled ''Civilization and Barbarism'', ''Facundo'' contrasts civilization and barbarian, barbarism as seen in early 19th-century Argentina. Literary critic Roberto González Echevarría calls the work "the most important book written by a Latin American in any discipline or genre". ''Facundo'' describes the life of Juan Facundo Quiroga, a ''caudillo'' who had terrorized provincial Argentina in the 1820s and 1830s. Kathleen Ross, one of ''Facundos English translators, points out that the author also published ''Facundo'' to "denounce the tyranny of the Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
