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Gerardo Vargas Hurtado (1869–1941) was a
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vian journalist born in
Arica Arica ( ; ) is a Communes of Chile, commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The ...
. He was also a playwright, historian, founder of the newspaper ''El Ariqueño'' and a journalist of the newspaper ''El Morro de Arica'' published until 1911.


Biography

Vargas was born in
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to Miguel Vargas and Raymunda Hurtado, when the city was part of the
Arica Province Arica Province ( es, Provincia de Arica) is one of two provinces of Chile's northernmost region, Arica y Parinacota. The province is bordered on the north by the Tacna Province of Peru, on the south by the Tamarugal Province in the Tarapacá Regio ...
of
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. He was the founder of the newspaper ''El Ariqueño'' and a journalist for the newspaper ''El Morro de Arica'' which was published until 1911. He was a member of the Geographical Society of Lima. In 1896 he was elected secretary of the Peruvian ''Universal Fraternity''
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of Arica. In March 1904, on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of ''El Morro de Arica'', Vargas indicated that the newspaper was founded with the exclusive purpose of defending Peruvian interests in these territories as well as local commerce. He participated in the journalistic field in the plebiscite campaigns of 1925 and 1926 in favor of Peru for the former provinces of
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and
Arica Arica ( ; ) is a Communes of Chile, commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The ...
to rejoin Peruvian territory. In 1925, some chapters of his book ''La Batalla de Arica'', were published aboard the ''Ucayali'', a Peruvian ship off the Arican coast. In 1929, as a result of the Treaty of Lima, his native Arica became definitely a Chilean province.


See also

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Arica Province (Peru) Arica was a historical province of Peru, which existed between 1823 and 1883. It was populated by pre-Hispanic peoples for a long period of time before Spanish colonisation in the early 16th century saw the transformation of a small town into a th ...
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Tacna Province (Chile) The Tacna Province was a territorial division of Chile that existed between 1884 and 1929. It was ceded by the Treaty of Ancón in 1883 and placed under military administration, and then created on the 31st of October 1884, incorporating the for ...
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Treaty of Ancón The Treaty of Ancón was a peace treaty signed by Chile and Peru on 20 October 1883, in Ancón District, Ancón, near Lima. It was intended to settle the two nations' remaining territorial differences at the conclusion of their involvement in the ...
* Treaty of Lima *
War of the Pacific The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought ...


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