Villanueva Saravia
Villanueva Saravia Pinto (1964–1998) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Background[]
He was the great-great-grandson of Aparicio Saravia, the prominent Uruguayan National (Blanco) Party and Civil War leader, who died following the Battle of Masoller in 1904, and who had a strong following in Cerro Largo.
He was the great-great-great nephew of , Civil War Leader in Rio Grande, Brazil, which borders on the Uruguayan Department of Cerro Largo, of which Villanueva Saravia served as the elected leader.
His mother committed suicide when he was a child.
Political office[]
He was the elected leader of the regional administration of Cerro Largo, from 1994 and became notably identified with maintaining criticism of political corruption.[1] Cerro Largo is an area of the interior of Uruguay where the National Party (Uruguay) traditionally has strong support.
Death[]
Villanueva Saravia died in 1998, in circumstances which remain unclear. Various theories were propounded as to these, and widely debated in the local media.[2][3]
See also[]
- Politics of Uruguay
- List of political families#Uruguay
References[]
- ^ 'Villanueva Saravia', Wikipedia (in Spanish), es:Villanueva Saravia [1]
- ^ 'Villanueva Saravia', Wikipedia (in Spanish), es:Villanueva Saravia
- ^ [2]
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