Andrés Jorge Vigas Syers (1848 - 11 September 1930) was a

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

n lawyer, journalist, essayist and politician. He was born in

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, the capital city of

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, in eastern Venezuela. He was held a seat in the

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, representing the

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, from 1905 to 1909, and was a

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for

Guárico State Guárico State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Juan de Los Morros and the largest city is Calabozo, other important city centers include Valle de la Pascua and Zaraza, Guárico, Zaraza. Gu ...

from 1915 to 1920. He published writings in '' El Cojo Ilustrado'' (1892), was the founder and editor of the daily '' El Imparcial'' (1894), and, in conjunction with his friend Andrés Mata, founded the newspaper '' El Universal'' in 1909. He also wrote several books, including: ''Manual Practico de la Lengua Internacional Esperanto'' (1908), ''Perfiles Parlamentarios del Congreso de 1890'', ''Bromeando'', ''Guanoco'' (1901), and ''Adefesio en Uso entre Intelectuales'' (1923). He died in Caracas on 11 September 1930.

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