Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (February 15, 1811 – September 11, 1888) was an
Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh
President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the "
Generation of 1837", who had a great influence on nineteenth-century Argentina. He was particularly concerned with educational issues and was also an important influence on the region's literature.
Sarmiento grew up in a poor but politically active family that paved the way for much of his future accomplishments. Between 1843 and 1850 he was frequently in exile, and wrote in both
Chile and in Argentina. His greatest literary achievement was Facundo, a critique of
Juan Manuel de Rosas, that Sarmiento wrote while working for the newspaper El Progreso during his exile in Chile. The book brought him far more than just literary recognition; he expended his efforts and energy on the war against dictatorships, specifically that of Rosas, and contrasted enlightened Europe—a world where, in his eyes, democracy, social services, and intelligent thought were valued—with the barbarism of the gaucho and especially the caudillo, the ruthless strongmen of nineteenth-century Argentina. (Full article...)
Image 13The changing state of Argentina. The light green area was allocated to indigenous peoples, the light pink area was the
Liga Federal, the hatched areas are subject to change during the period. (from History of Argentina)
Image 21Néstor Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. His presidency marked the ideology called Kirchnerism. (from History of Argentina)
Image 23Artifacts at the Pío Pablo Díaz Museum in
Cachi, Salta Province. One of several in Argentina devoted to the ethnology of indigenous peoples (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 37The ousting of President
Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from History of Argentina)
... that Internet activist Sally Burch was refused entry into Argentina because her presence was considered to be disruptive?
... that politics in The Simpsons have caused controversy in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and Japan?
... that despite an attempted "extermination" of homosexuals in the 1960s and 1970s, the LGBT community in Argentina is now the most accepted in Latin America?
Siblings shall be united, because that is the prime law, wathever the time is have a real union, because if they fight with each other, the outsiders will devour them.
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