Carlos Montenegro
Carlos Montenegro Quiroga (26 December 1903 – 10 March 1953) was a Bolivian lawyer, journalist, politician, and writer who served as minister of agriculture from 1943 to 1944. He was the principal political theorist of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, co-founding the party newspaper La Calle which laid the ideological bases of the party. His most famous work, Nacionalismo y coloniaje (1943), an essay on the influence of journalism in the history of Bolivia, is considered to be one of the most influential works in Bolivian historiography.
Carlos Montenegro | |
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| Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Colonization | |
| In office 20 December 1943 – 11 February 1944 | |
| President | Gualberto Villarroel |
| Preceded by | Julio Céspedes Añez |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Otazo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carlos Montenegro Quiroga 26 December 1903 Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Died | 10 March 1953 (aged 49) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cardiac arrest |
| Political party | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (1941–1953) |
| Other political affiliations | Nationalist (1927–1936) United Socialist (1936–1941) |
| Spouses | María Quiroga Vargas
(m. 1927; div. 1931)Yolanda Céspedes (m. 1934) |
| Relations | Augusto Céspedes (brother-in-law) |
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| Parent(s) | Rodolfo Montenegro Raquel Quiroga |
| Alma mater | Higher University of San Simón |
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