Luis Araquistáin Quevedo (

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, 1886 –

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, Switzerland, 1959) was a Spanish

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and

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. Member of the

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(PSOE) from a young age, he belonged to the circle of

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and Tomás Meabe, of whom he was a close friend. In 1932 he was named ambassador to

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and in September 1936 ambassador to

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, where until May 1937 he took charge of buying arms for the

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army in the

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. He founded the journals ''España'', ''Claridad'' and ''Leviatán''. Although his leanings before and during the war were decidedly revolutionary, later he became drawn to a socialism more 'European' in character, and was moved to insist on the necessity of unity between monarchists and republicans in order that a peaceful transition from

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might be effected. This position made him some enemies, but he developed a great understanding with other moderate members of the PSOE. After the war he went into exile in

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and later Switzerland, where he died in 1959. Just before his death Araquistáin edited the Spanish language magazine of the

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, ''

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''.

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