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grip on the government and, in 1933, led to the passage of university reforms, which gave students the right to elect their own rectors and have a representative in the legislature to act as their advocate; a position
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historian, writer and journalist who was known for his advocacy of educational and cultural issues, as well as his outspoken opposition to dictatorship. He also served as a college professor and held positions in the government, including
Minister of Education and several ambassadorships.
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Arciniegas was the son of Rafael
Arciniegas Tavera, a farmer, and his wife Aurora Angueyra Figueredo. He had three brothers and four sisters. His father died young, leaving his mother struggling to support the family, his sister Maria Mercedes and his younger brother
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for its conciliatory behavior towards these regimes and, as a result, was detained for questioning several times after returning from trips abroad. The publication and translation of the book was prohibited in at least ten countries. General
457:(1976). In all of these positions, he acted as an advocate for the art and culture of America, which he perceived as extending from Alaska to Patagonia. From 1960 to 1965 Arciniegas edited the Spanish language magazine of the
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In terms of culture, Arciniegas strove to achieve and maintain a synthesis between the indigenous and the
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influence in the nation's universities and held student carnivals which verged on riots. He narrowly missed being killed when a bullet grazed his head at one student rally. Their activism eventually helped to end the
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political and intellectual movements had turned throughout history. This gave rise to his first book
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Amerigo and the New World : The Life & Times of
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migrated to El Salvador. His maternal great-grandfather was
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International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
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in 1942 and 1945-46. During this time, he founded the
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