Andrés Vigas
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Andrés Jorge Vigas Syers (1848 - 11 September 1930) was a Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n lawyer, journalist, essayist and politician.

He was born in Cumaná
Cumaná
Cumaná is the capital of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located 402 km east of Caracas. It was the first settlement founded by Europeans in the mainland America, in 1501 by Franciscan friars, but due to successful attacks by the indigenous people, it had to be refounded several times...

, the capital city of Sucre State, in eastern Venezuela.
He was held a seat in the Chamber of Deputies
Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies
The Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of Venezuela's legislative under its 1961 constitution; the Venezuelan Senate was the upper house...

, representing the Federal District, from 1905 to 1909, and was a Senator for Guárico State 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
Andrés Mata
Andrés Mata was a Venezuelan poet, writer and journalist.-Life:Andrés Mata was born in Carúpano, Venezuela, in 1870. He is considered a poet of modernist trend, who did not resign to Romanticism completely...

, founded the newspaper El Universal
El Universal (Caracas)
El Universal is a major Venezuelan newspaper, headquartered in Caracas with an average daily circulation of about 150,000. The online version carries news, politics, sports, economy and more....

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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The original version of this article was translated, with minor modifications, from the corresponding entry on the Spanish-language Wikipedia
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