Américo Ghioldi

Américo Ghioldi (May 23, 1899 – December 21, 1985) was an Argentine educator, publisher and prominent

Socialist

politician.

Life and times

Ghioldi was born and raised in Buenos Aires. He went to become a Professor of

Exact Sciences at the National Teachers' School in Buenos Aires and around 1930, founded La Vanguardia, soon among the leading Socialist dailies in Argentina. Encouraged by his brother, local Communist Party head Rodolfo Ghioldi, he ran as a Socialist for a seat in the Buenos Aires City Council, and was elected in 1948. Becoming one of the few prominent left-wing lawmakers during the era of populist leader Juan Perón

, Ghioldi was harassed by the Peronist regime and La Vanguardia was shuttered.

Following

University of La Plata

and honored with a numerary membership in the prestigious Argentine Educational Academy.

Ghioldi was again nominated on the Democratic Socialist ticket for elections held on March 11, 1973. His party fared poorly, however, garnering about 1% of the vote and badly outdistanced by the Socialists. Following President Juan Perón's July 1974 passing, Ghioldi advised his widow and successor, Isabel Perón on the imminent wave of violence between Trotskyite and fascist extremists, warnings Mrs. Perón ignored.

Ghioldi was increasingly respected by Argentine conservatives, in his later years. A lifelong Socialist, he contributed regularly to

La Nación, Argentina's most prominent conservative daily. The regime that deposed Isabel Perón, despite their violently right-wing ideology, named Ghioldi Ambassador to Portugal

in 1976.

He died in Buenos Aires in 1985 at age 85.[1] His body lay in state at the Buenos Aires City Council's grand hall.

References

^ Academina Nacional de Educación Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

Tribute (in Spanish)

[1] Academina Nacional de Educación Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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