- José Armando Caro
Dr. J. Armando Caro (b.
September 29 1910 - d.December 29 1985 ) was an argentine politician, stateman andham radio born inCerrillos , a small town in the northern province ofSalta .He studied law in the argentine universities of Córdoba and La Plata where he obtained his law degree. During his university time he became an active student leader and was elected as president of the Centro de Estudiantes de Derecho and, later, as president of the Federación Universitaria de La Plata. He also represented his fellows as member of the board of the Federación Universitaria Argentina.
In 1943 he worked as advisor to several trade unions in
Salta an later (1945) served as a chief of the Salta Police, advisor to national Railroad Company (1946), professor of law in Colegio Nacional "Dr.Manuel Antonio de Castro " and in Escuela Nacional de Comercio "Doctor Hipólito Yrigoyen " (1952-55).He was appointed Minister of Government of the Province of Salta (1949) when governor
Baudilio Emilio Espelta was in office.Dr. J. Armando Caro had a long run as legislator in his native province. He was elected senator to the Senate of Salta Province in 1948, and later become member of the Constituent Assambly elected to establish the new Constitution of Salta in 1949. He was the spokeman of the redaction comitte in this Assambly. He served also as a member of Salta's Chambers of Deputies (1950-1954) and became its president (1951-1952).
His career as a national representative begin in 1955 when he was elected by direct voting for the
Argentine Senate . Soon after this, president Perón appointed him asInterventor Federal in the northern province ofSantiago del Estero . He was in office until September 16th 1955, when the so called Revolución Libertadora (a military uprising that ended the second presidential term of Perón) took the power.In 1962 he was elected as senator for Metán but he declined to be a member of the
Argentine Chamber of Deputies . He was re-elected in 1963 and served as a national deputy untilJune 8 1966 . During this period Dr. Caro became a member of theLatin American Parliament .In 1973 he was elected for the
Argentine Senate again, where he was the head of the Telecommunications and Transport Committee untilMarch 24 1976 .Radio and television pioneer
Dr. J. Armando Caro began his radio experiences as early as september 1923. He and a group of friend tried to build a small radio receiver to get the transmission of boxing match between
Jack Dempsey andLuis Ángel Firpo .He soon became an
amateur radio operator under his mitical call sign LU1OA. He was active in creatingham radio clubs and organizations. He was also a founding member of theRadio Club Salta (1950), Secretary of the first convention of FARA (Federación Argentina de Radioaficionados ), President of the Federal Council of FARA, member of theRadio Club Argentino and its Center of 'Radioveteranos'. He was technical director (ad honorem) of LV9Radio Province of Salta (1948-1951), and he installed several radio stations, even to the old national telecom agencyCorreos y Telecomunicaciones , to connectSalta to the rest of the world. He was an active member of a group that established inSalta the first cable television broadcasting station in Argentina (1963).References
*es icon [http://www.camdipsalta.gov.ar/INFSALTA/caro.htm Dr. J. Armando Caro] , "Cámara de Diputados de Salta",
2000-12-12
*es icon [http://www.iruya.com/content/view/25/47/ Homenaje al Dr. J. Armando Caro] , "Iruya.com",2000-12-12
*es icon [http://noticias.iruya.com/content/view/10478/306/ Premio Senador J. Armando Caro] , "Noticias Iruya.com",2008-06-24
*es icon [http://www.diputados.gov.ar/dependencias/dcomisiones/periodo-124/124-2537.pdf "Resolución de la Cámara sobre la Biblioteca J. Armando Caro"] , "Cámara de Diputados de la Nación ",2007-07-20
*es icon [http://www.bibliocaro.org/jac.htm Biblioteca J. Armando Caro] , "Biblioteca J. Armando Caro",2007-08-26
*es icon [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=993683 Artículo de Marcos Aguinis sobre la Biblioteca J. Armando Caro] , "La Nación",2008-03-08
*es icon [http://noticias.iruya.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1834&Itemid=414 Premio Senador J. Armando Caro] , "Noticias Iruya.com",2007-09-30
*es icon [http://www.cosmosalta.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=56 Premio Senador J. Armando Caro)] , "Fundación Cosmosalta ",2007-09-25
*es icon [http://gustavoiovino.blogspot.com/2008/05/la-televisin-en-salta-parte-los.html J. Armando Caro, pionero de la televisión en Salta] , "Gustavo Iovino",2008-05-05
*es icon [http://www.tercermilenio.ucn.cl/periodismo_comunicaciones_iovino.html Beginnings and development of Television in Salta] , "Tercer Milenio",2008-03-26
*es icon [http://www.camdipsalta.gov.ar/biblioteca/index.htm Biblioteca de la Legislatura de Salta, Dr. José Armando Caro] , "Cámara de Diputados de Salta",2000-12-12
*es icon [http://www.uca.edu.ar/esp/sec-feconomicas/esp/docs-nfacultad/publicaciones/boletin/boledigi/num034/ecbol3409.pdf "La Rebeldía Malograda] , "UCA",2000-12-12
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