Eduardo de Guzmán Espinosa (19 June 1908 in

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– 25 July 1991 in

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) was a Spanish journalist and writer, popular during the

Second Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII, and was di ...

. He was known for his press reports and journalism during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

following the

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ideology. He was arrested at the end of the civil war. In January 1940, he was sentenced to death by a military court, but his sentence was commuted to a prison term in May 1941, and he was granted conditional freedom in 1943.

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