Silvio Frondizi (January 19, 1907 — September 27, 1974) was an

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intellectual and lawyer, brother of President

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and of the philosopher

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. He became active in leftist groups, and was assassinated in 1974 by the Triple A

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that operated under the

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government.

Biography

Silvio Frondizi was born in

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, in 1909. He had brothers Arturo and Risieri. He received a ''

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'' from the

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, and subsequently taught law at the

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. Opposed to the 1943 coup d'état, he resigned his post in the university's administrative council, and in 1946, was purged from his academic post by order of the newly elected President

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, a populist with a strongly

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stance.Ensayistas: Silvio Frondizi ante la condición humana
/ref> Frondizi founded ''Praxis y Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria'' (MIR-Praxis), a left-wing revolutionary group, in 1955. He then traveled to

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in support of

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's revolution, meeting

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. Frondizi taught law at both his alma mater and the

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, from 1958 onwards, when his brother, center-left

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leader

, was elected president. During the latter's tenure, Silvio Frondizi became known for his opposition to a 1959 bill supported by his brother, which supported the operation of

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s. As part of his law practice during the 1960s and early 1970s, he defended the Trotskyist Workers Revolutionary Party's (PRT) political prisoners.

Death

Silvio Frondizi was assassinated by the ''Triple A'' death squad in September 1974.

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agent and probable member of the Triple A Anibal Gordon was later convicted for his murder, while

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(likewise a principal in the Triple A), was indicted in 2006 for his murder.''El Mundo,'' 28 December 2006
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References

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