Eudoro Galindo
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Born | Antonio Eudoro Galindo Anze 14 June 1943 Cochabamba, Bolivia |
Died | 28 November 2019 Cochabamba, Bolivia | (aged 76)
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Relatives | Carlos Blanco Galindo |
Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
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Antonio Eudoro Galindo Anze (14 June 1943 – 28 November 2019), often referred to as Chuso, was a Bolivian businessman, diplomat, and politician. A founding member of
Raised in a well-to-do family from
Expelled from Nationalist Democratic Action, Galindo founded his own front, the Bolivian Democratic Party. In 1989 and 1993, the party allied itself with the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, bringing Galindo to the Senate and then back to the Chamber of Deputies. Following a failed attempt at being elected president of the lower chamber, Galindo was expelled from the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement. Forced to contest the 1997 general election on his own, Galindo launched a campaign for the presidency, which ended in defeat, as his party exited dead last and lost its registration. Having reconciled with Banzer, Galindo was appointed ambassador to Japan from 1997 to 2002, and though he sought to build a new party in 2004, it failed to gain significant traction. Distanced from political activity, Galindo remained active in the public sphere through the publication of books and opinion columns and his presence in local research associations. Hit by Parkinson's disease by his late 70s, he died in 2019, aged 76.
Early life and education
Eudoro Galindo was born on 14 June 1943 in Cochabamba,[1] the sixth of seven children born to Eudoro Galindo Quiroga and Blanca Anze Guzmán,[2] an upper-class family of modest political influence.[3] His father was a prominent member of Cochabamba civic society, whose influence rested on his participation in and financial support for public works and regional development projects across the city and surrounding department.[4] At the height of the Galindo family's political power, Galindo Quiroga was a candidate for Senate on behalf of the conservative Republican Socialist Unity Party in the annulled 1951 general election. The Bolivian National Revolution that occurred just a year later and ensuing agrarian reform undermined much of that influence, with many members of the country's economic elite, including the Galindo family, seeking exile abroad.[3][5]
Much of Galindo's early life and adolescence was spent during this period of political exile. He completed his secondary schooling in Peru, graduating from the
Businessman and socialite
Shortly after graduating, Galindo returned to Bolivia, where he dedicated himself to commercial activities within the
An avid athlete, Galindo was adept in multiple athletic disciplines, including karate,
Early political activism
As with many members of Bolivia's well-to-do business community, Galindo was a tacit, if not outspoken, supporter of the conservative military governments that ruled the country in the 1960s and '70s.
The culmination of these machinations came in January 1971 when rightist cells in the country's three largest cities—Cochabamba, La Paz, and Santa Cruz—set in motion a coordinated coup d'état against the Torres regime. Although Galindo's cell succeeded in taking major military and police installations in Cochabamba,[18] similar operations led by Edmundo Valencia in La Paz and Hugo Banzer in Santa Cruz were foiled, causing the plot to fall apart.[19][20] Their forces scattered, Galindo took refuge in his brother's attic but was quickly discovered and taken into custody. He ultimately spent only a few weeks in detention in La Paz before his parents were able to successfully maneuver their influence to procure him a commuted sentence, to be spent in exile in Houston, Texas.[21]
Political career
Foundation of ADN
Galindo's stint back in the US proved short, as within a few months of the botched January coup, a second putsch spearheaded by Banzer succeeded in toppling the Torres regime,[22] allowing Galindo to return to Bolivia. Despite holding some minor positions in the state apparatus during Banzer's near-decade-long dictatorship—including serving as Cochabamba's delegate to the National Directorate of Youths in 1975—Galindo, for the most part, returned to his career in business. His first foray into politics did not occur until after the fall of the Banzer regime, during the country's democratic reopening.[3] In March 1979,[23] he became one of the principal architects and founding members of Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN),[24] a self-described "great party of the Bolivian right"[5] designed to revitalize Banzer's public image from that of an authoritarian with only "'an inkling' of what democracy implied" into a civilian leader capable of "play[ing] the democratic game."[25]
As the party's
First congressional terms
Within just a few months of its foundation, ADN contested its first
For ADN, the military's 1980 return to power created a point of contention between members who wished to collaborate with the new regime and those unwilling to do so. Recalling the period to Los Tiempos, Galindo stated: "there were those [in ADN] who believed that we had to be the political arm of the Armed Forces and others, like me, who believed that we should not interfere." Galindo composed the core group of ADN leaders—including Banzer—who "rejected any collaboration," even as other prominent members were given "special permission" to take up ministerial posts within García Meza's cabinet. Over the course of the ensuing year, Galindo participated in two attempted countercoups against the García Meza regime, both of which failed, forcing him into hiding until after the fall of the general's military government.[34] In 1982, following the Armed Forces' decision to step down and hand the reins of government to the Congress elected in 1980, Galindo and his colleagues returned to parliament.[35]
1985 vice-presidential campaign
Nearing the conclusion of his parliamentary term, Galindo shifted focus towards the campaign trail as he again prepared to contest another election. With the campaign underway for the 1985 general election, Galindo was tapped to accompany Banzer as his running mate, a significant step up in his political career.[3] Bolstered by rampant hyperinflation and widespread discontent with the incumbent left-wing government, the Banzer-Galindo ticket seemed poised to cruise to victory.[25] Those prospects dampened somewhat midway through the campaign, as Galindo faced controversy for allegedly falsifying his military service records, claiming to have received a libreta militar—a prerequisite for holding public office—despite having never served in the Bolivian Armed Forces. Faced with a petition on the part of military high command to disqualify his candidacy, Galindo accused the Armed Forces of seeking to postpone the elections, even alleging that they were plotting a coup in conjunction with left-wing trade syndicates.[13][36] Ultimately, the scandal over Galindo's military service failed to substantially damage Banzer's campaign, and the pair exited first on election day with an over thirty percent popular vote plurality.[25]
Split with ADN and formation of PDB
Having failed to win the popular vote outright, the decision to appoint a new president and vice president was handed over to
Following a failed leadership challenge against Banzer,
Later congressional terms
Given the circumstances of his departure from ADN, it is paradoxical, then, that Galindo's PDB ultimately opted to align itself with the MNR to contest the 1989 general election.[23] For Romero, Galindo's apparent reversal illustrated the MNR's "shift towards [neo]liberalism and enthusiasm for the elite" under the leadership of Paz Estenssoro's successor, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. As part of his alliance with the MNR, Galindo was elected to represent Cochabamba in the Senate from 1989 to 1993, after which he returned to the Chamber of Deputies in 1993.[39][42] Midway through his term, however, Galindo's pact with the MNR came to a sudden halt after he challenged the party's chosen candidate, Guillermo Bedregal, for the presidency of the lower chamber.[43][44] In a dramatic August 1995 session, Galindo managed to unite the votes of opposition legislators from both the left and right, nearly defeating Bedregal in the process.[5][45] The near-victory, according to Romero, was "surprising ... since the discipline of the parties [usually made] the election of the chambers' directorates predictable."[45] In retaliation for the failed coup, Galindo was expelled from the MNR "for treachery against the party."[46][47]
1997 presidential campaign and retirement
Having eroded trust between himself and the country's two top political leaders, Galindo launched his own presidential bid in the 1997 general election. Faced with the PDB's small partisan base, Galindo's campaign sought out the aid of other politicians who had been marginalized from their fronts, including them on his party's slate of parliamentary candidates. The strategy failed to significantly drum up support for his candidacy, and he exited dead last on election day, taking less than a percent of the national popular vote, a margin too small even for his PDB to keep its registration as a political party.[45]
Following his 1997 loss, Galindo initiated a gradual rapprochement with the now-president Banzer, who designated him as the country's ambassador to Japan. He maintained the position for the duration of Banzer's term before being dismissed in 2002. After that, Galindo again sought to construct his own political project, forming Molle in 2004, which contested that year's municipal election in the city of Cochabamba. The party's poor electoral showing marked the end of Galindo's political career, and he retired from active participation in politics from then on.[15][45]
Later life and death
Although distanced from political activity following his 2004 electoral loss, Galindo remained active in the
Electoral history
Year | Office | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||||
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Total | % | P. | ||||||||
1979 | Deputy | Nationalist Democratic Action | 42,983 | 18.56% | 3rd[α] | Won | [49] | |||
1980 | Nationalist Democratic Action | 36,073 | 18.84% | 2nd[α] | Won | [50] | ||||
1985 | Vice president | Nationalist Democratic Action | 493,735 | 32.83% | 1st | Lost | [51] | |||
1989 | Senator | Bolivian Democratic | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | 57,908 | 26.16% | 1st[α] | Won | [52] | ||
1993 | Deputy | Bolivian Democratic | MRTKL
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96,752 | 40.46% | 1st[α] | Won | [53] | ||
1997 | President | Bolivian Democratic | 10,381 | 0.48% | 10th | Lost | [54] | |||
Source: Plurinational Electoral Organ | Electoral Atlas |
Publications
- Galindo Anze, Eudoro (1985). Bolivia, Otro Camino: Notas y Documentos Políticos (in Spanish). La Paz: Editorial Los Amigos del Libro. OCLC 13041167.
- —————————— (1994). El Fracaso del "Presidencialismo": Causa Principal de una Tragedia Histórica (in Spanish). La Paz: OCLC 32513253.
- —————————— (1995). Sucre: Una Antología (in Spanish). La Paz: Grupo Editorial Kipus. OCLC 32697938.
- —————————— (1996). El Sueño Truncado: 1825–1828 (in Spanish). Cochabamba: Grupo Editorial Kipus. OCLC 36618239.
- —————————— (2011). Fidel Castro, el Legado Maligno: Despotismo y Dictadura en Latinoamérica (in Spanish). Cochabamba: Casa de Tharsis. OCLC 796082612.
- —————————— (2017). Relatos del Antiguo Solar en la Plaza de las Palmeras (in Spanish). Cochabamba: Grupo Editorial Kipus. OCLC 1034915090.
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Notes
- ^ a b c d Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Roll Call Tribute: Eudoro Galindo [Anze] '64". aggienetwork.com. College Station: The Association of Former Students. 29 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Galindo 2006, p. 164.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 241.
- ^ Rocha Monroy, Ramón, ed. (14 September 2010). "200 Personajes Cochabambinos del Bicentenario: 1810–2000". Los Tiempos. Editorial Canelas. p. 59. Retrieved 7 January 2023 – via issuu.
- ^ a b c Gonzáles Quintanilla, Luis (29 November 2019). "El Chuso, ese hombre" [Chuso, that man]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Rudder given certificate of friendship". The Battalion. College Station. 3 November 1964. p. 3. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023 – via the Texas A&M University Libraries.
- ^ "Bolivian 'producer'". The Battalion. College Station. 19 September 1977. p. 6. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023 – via the Texas A&M University Libraries.
- ^ a b c "Antonio Eudoro Galindo Anze: Candidato del Partido Democratico Boliviano" [Antonio Eudoro Galindo Anze: Candidate of the Bolivian Democratic Party] (in Spanish). La Paz. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 1 June 1997. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Fencers beat Longhorns, play Rice here Saturday". The Battalion. College Station. 20 March 1963. p. 4. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023 – via the Texas A&M University Libraries.
- ^ "Cadet fencers top Rice; 14–2 for 2nd time". The Battalion. College Station. 3 April 1963. p. 5. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023 – via the Texas A&M University Libraries.
- ^ "A&M fencers defeat Texas; wrestlers tie". The Battalion. College Station. 9 April 1963. p. 5. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023 – via the Texas A&M University Libraries.
- ^ Latin American Weekly Report. London. 17 May 1985. Archivedfrom the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Latin American Weekly Report. London. 5 July 1985. Archivedfrom the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Galindo Anze, Eudoro (3 January 2016). "Datos Biográficos" (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023 – via Facebook.
- ^ a b c Cuiza, Paulo (28 November 2019). "Muere el analista y político Eudoro Galindo Anze" [Analyst and politician Eudoro Galindo Anze dies]. La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ a b Galindo 2006, p. 69.
- ^ "Otro legado de Eudoro Galindo Anze" [Eudoro Galindo Anze's other legacy]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba. 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Galindo 2006, p. 71.
- ^ "An attempted coup reported in Bolivia". The New York Times. La Paz. United Press International. 11 January 1971. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Bolivian revolt called rightist attempt". The New York Times. La Paz. Associated Press. 12 January 1971. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Galindo 2006, p. 72.
- ^ Paredes, Iván Alejandro (19 August 2021). "A 50 años del golpe de Banzer, el dolor y pedidos de justicia todavía persisten" [50 years after Banzer's coup, the pain and demands for justice still persist]. El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Dietz & Shidlo 1998, p. 25.
- ^ a b "Fallece Eudoro Galindo Anze, pensador y político dedicado al fortalecimiento de la democracia" [Eudoro Galindo Anze, thinker and politician dedicated to strengthening democracy, dies]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d Chavez, Lydia (21 July 1985). "In Bolivia, a former dictator tries for a democratic return". The New York Times. La Paz. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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- Latin American Weekly Report. London. 2 August 1985. Archivedfrom the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Latin American Weekly Report. London. 21 March 1986. Archivedfrom the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Dunkerley 1986, p. 150.
- ^ "Fracasó el Congreso en su intento de elegir presidente" [Congress fails in its attempt to elect a president] (PDF). Hoy (in Spanish). La Paz. 5 August 1979. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Wálter Guevara Arze: Presidente por un año" [Wálter Guevara Arze: President for one year] (PDF). Presencia (in Spanish). La Paz. 7 August 1979. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "El pueblo acude hoy a las urnas para consolidar la democracia" [The nation goes to the polls today to consolidate democracy] (PDF). Presencia (in Spanish). La Paz. 29 June 1980. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Triunfa un golpe de estado en Bolivia" [A coup d'état triumphs in Bolivia]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 17 July 1980. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Cartagena, Jenny (10 October 2014). "Tres protagonistas del '82 coinciden en que la democracia idealizada no es la que se vive hoy" [Three protagonists of '82 coincide that the idealized democracy is not the one that is lived today]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2023 – via issuu.
- ^ Zárate Taborga, Javier (9 October 2022). "Crónica del 10 de octubre de 1982" [Chronicle of 10 October 1982]. Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- Latin American Weekly Report. London. 12 July 1985. Archivedfrom the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Congreso Nacional eligió presidente al candidato que obtuvo segunda mayoría" [National Congress elects as president candidate who obtained second place] (PDF). Última Hora (in Spanish). La Paz. 5 August 1985. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Banzer felicita a Paz Estenssoro por su elección en el Congreso" [Banzer congratulates Paz Estenssoro on his election in Congress] (PDF). Última Hora (in Spanish). La Paz. 5 August 1985. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d Laserna, Roberto (30 November 2019). "Semblanza de Eudoro Galindo Anze" [Tribute to Eudoro Galindo Anze]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- Latin American Weekly Report. London. 27 November 1986. Archivedfrom the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Latin American Weekly Report (in Spanish). La Paz. 5 March 1987. Archivedfrom the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b Romero Ballivián 2018, pp. 241–242.
- ^ "Eudoro Galindo se postulará a la presidencia de Diputados" [Eudoro Galindo to seek presidency of the Chamber of Deputies] (in Spanish). La Paz. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 5 May 1995. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "MNR expulsó definitivamente de sus filas a Eudoro Galindo Anze" [MNR definitively expels Eudoro Galindo Anze from its ranks] (in Spanish). La Paz. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 14 September 1995. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d Romero Ballivián 2018, p. 242.
- ^ "Por supuestas violaciones al Estatuto Orgánico, Eudoro Galindo fue expulsado defintivamente del MNR" [For alleged violations to its Organic Statute, Eudoro Galindo was definitively expelled from the MNR] (in Spanish). La Paz. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 14 September 1995. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Tribunal de Honor del MNR convocó a Bedregal, Campero Paz y Quiroga Gómez" [MNR Court of Honor summons Bedregal, Campero Paz, and Quiroga Gómez] (in Spanish). La Paz. Agencia de Noticias Fides. 2 September 1995. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Eudoro Galindo presentó la 2da. edición de 'El Sueño Truncado: 1825–1828'" [Eudoro Galindo presents 2nd edition of El Sueño Truncado: 1825–1828]. El Diario (in Spanish). La Paz. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Elecciones Generales 1979 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Elecciones Generales 1980 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Publicación de Resultados Nacionales: Elecciones Generales 1985" (PDF). cne.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: National Electoral Court. 1985. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Publicación de Resultados Nacionales: Elecciones Generales 1989" (PDF). cne.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: National Electoral Court. 1989. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Elecciones Generales 1993 | Atlas Electoral". atlaselectoral.oep.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz: Plurinational Electoral Organ. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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Bibliography
- OCLC 45733390.
- S2CID 154083047.
- Galindo, Ram (2006). The Making of an American: An Autobiography. New York: ISBN 0-533-15170-8– via Yumpu.
- OCLC 1050945993 – via ResearchGate.