Ugarte Manuel [1910s-1960s]

Description: Manuel Baldomero Ugarte (1875-1951) was an Argentine writer an, politician, and diplomat. For a time he belonged to the Socialist Party, he founded and edited the newspaper La Patria and the magazine Vida de hoy (Today’s Life). From 1897 to 1930, he lived in Paris developing his Hispanic-American and socialist work. He stood against the invasions of the United States in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua with an anti-imperialist stand. He was an ambassador in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Cuba. He assumed the political postion of José de San Martín and Simon Bolívar advocating for a Latin American Federation similar to Leon Trotsky’s Socialist States of Latin America in opposition to the Pan-American vision of the United States. He also wrote novels, short stories, and poems. Extent and format of original material: This envelope contains three sub-envelopes titles Data, Photos, and Death. The material consists of engravings, newspapers' and magazines' clippings, caricatures, and photos.