- Villanueva Saravia
Villanueva Saravia Pinto (1964-1998) was a
Uruguayan political figure.Background
He was a great-great-grandson of
Aparicio Saravia , the prominentUruguayan National (Blanco) Party and Civil War leader, who died following theBattle of Masoller in 1904, and who had a strong following inCerro Largo .He was a great-great-great nephew of
Gumercindo Saravia , Civil War Leader inRio Grande ,Brazil .His mother committed suicide while he was a child.
Political office
He was the elected leader of the regional administration of
Cerro Largo , from 1994 [ 'Villanueva Saravia', Wikipedia (in Spanish), [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanueva_Saravia] ] . This is an area of the interior ofUruguay where theNational (Blanco) Party 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 [ 'Villanueva Saravia', Wikipedia (in Spanish), [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanueva_Saravia] ] [ [http://www.larepublica.com.uy/politica/52397-a-villanueva-saravia-lo-mataron-por-un-movil-politico] ] .
ee also
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Politics of Uruguay *
List_of_political_families#Uruguay References
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