Santiago Vaca Guzman (

Sucre Sucre () is the Capital city, capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the List of cities in Bolivia, 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . T ...

, c. 1847 – Buenos Aires, 1896) was a Bolivian writer. He trained as a lawyer and worked as a journalist, founding the newspaper ''La Patria'' in Sucre in 1871. As a writer, he published both fiction and poetry. His novel ''Su excelencia y su ilustrisima'' is regarded as one of the finest in

Bolivian literature The constant political turmoil that Bolivia has experienced throughout its history has slowed the development of Bolivian literature. Many talents have had to emigrate or were silenced by the internal conflict. In recent years the literature of Bo ...

. His political stance against the caudillos

Mariano Melgarejo Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia (13 April 1820 – 23 November 1871) was a Bolivian military officer and politician, fifteenth president of the Republic of Bolivia from December 28, 1864, until his fall on January 15, 1871. He assumed pow ...

and Agustin Morales forced him to go into exile. He died in Argentina in 1896.

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