Eduardo Santos
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Eduardo Santos Montejo was a leading Colombia
n publisher and politician, active in the Colombian Liberal Party
. He owned the prominent Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo, and served as the President of Colombia
from August 1938 to August 1942.
Santos was close friends with the Venezuelan Ambassador in Colombia Juan Oropeza
.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n publisher and politician, active in the Colombian Liberal Party
Colombian Liberal Party
The Colombian Liberal Party is a center-left party in Colombia that adheres to social democracy and social liberalism.The Party was founded in 1848 and, together with the Colombian Conservative Party, subsequently became one of the two main political forces in the country for over a century.After...
. He owned the prominent Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo, and served as the President of Colombia
President of Colombia
The President of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia. The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was part of "la Gran Colombia"...
from August 1938 to August 1942.
Santos was close friends with the Venezuelan Ambassador in Colombia Juan Oropeza
Juan Oropeza
Juan Oropeza Riera was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, writer, educator and political science expert. He was born in Carora in the state of Lara, and was the younger brother of pediatrics pioneer, Pastor Oropeza Riera....
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