- Hugo Fernández Artucio
Hugo Fernández Artucio was a
Uruguay an teacher ofphilosophy ,historian andpolitician .Earlier career
He was an editor of "Free World" magazine in
New York . He fought during two years in theLincoln Brigade and was made prisoner by Francoists.Author of the book "Nazis in Uruguay" (
Buenos Aires , 1940) where he denounced the activities ofNazi s in Uruguay. He wrote as well "The Nazi Underground in South America" (New York,Farrar & Rinehart , 1942). [http://www.nexos.com.mx/articulos.php?id_article=1672&id_rubrique=750a] , with the approval ofCharles de Gaulle .He was a member of the Special Committee for Palestine in Uruguay, supporting the creation of the
State of Israel . [http://www.cciu.org.uy/iom_haatzmaut.htm]ocialist Party leadership
He used to be secretary general of the Uruguayan Socialist Party, which he left after the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was undersigned. After that he kept a Socialist-Anarchist attitude. [http://guerracivil.forumup.es/post-7352-guerracivil.html]
Later conservative phase; link with Colorado Party
Some time after that he adhered to
Batllism , organizing the Acción Gremial Batllista. [ [http://books.google.com.uy/books?id=_zRSAOT6FbYC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=%22fern%C3%A1ndez+artucio%22+-nazi&source=web&ots=OQKEJUZvrk&sig=1Uhird9l4-hhdTFnpEbbOLPNvjU&hl=es&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result Acción Gremial Batllista had been organized under the leadership of Hugo Fernández Artucio] ]Married with Julia Faingold, he had four children: Hugo (who was Vice President), Julio, María Raquel and Elsa.
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