Justo Pastor Benítez (28 May 1897 — 7 February 1963) was a Paraguayan historian, writer, and Liberal politician.
Biography
editOn 28 May 1897, Benítez was born in Asunción.[1]
In the Liberal Party, he formed a group with Carlos Pastore, R. Antonio Ramos, Efraím Cardozo, and Julio César Chaves.[2] In May 1932, as Foreign Minister and responding to Carlos Saavedra Lamas inquiry on Paraguayan intentions in the Chaco War, Benítez demanded Bolivia adhere to the law of war and the League of Nations monitor fairly.[3] In June 1934, Benítez was replaced as, like his predecessor Daniel Sánchez Bustamante, he advocated for peaceful resolution; he switched positions with Rogelio Ibarra,[4] remaining in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the remainder of the conflict.[2] In October 1938, he rejected the ambassadorship to Bolivia under Félix Paiva as a part of the Liberal refusal to join Paiva's proposed coalition.[5]
In the late 1950s, he resided in Brazil. By then, he had served in various Liberal positions including national deputy, party director, and cabinet minister.[6]
On 7 February 1963, he died in Asunción.[1]
Works
editSource:[1]
- Bajo el signo de Marte. 1934. (on the Chaco War)[7]
- "La Revolucion Paraguaya del 15 de mayo de 1811: Ensayo de interpretacion". Revista de Historia de América (43): 114–128. 1957. ISSN 0034-8325. JSTOR 20137149.
- Cardozo, Efraím (1959). El Paraguay colonial: las raíces de la nacionalidad. Ediciones Nizza. (prologue)[8]
- "El Colorido Folklore Paraguayo". Journal of Inter-American Studies. 5 (3): 371–377. 1963. doi:10.2307/165132. ISSN 0885-3118. JSTOR 165132.
Undated
edit- La constitución de 1870
- Ensayo sobre el liberalismo
- La vida del doctor Francia
- Los comuneros del Paraguay
- La cuenca del Plata
- Estigarribia, el soldado del Chaco
- El solar guaraní
- Carlos Antonio López
- La revolución de Mayo en Paraguay
- Mancebos de la tierra
See also
editSources
edit- ^ a b c Garcés, Julián (1963). "Justo Pastor Benitez (1897-1963)". Revista de Historia de América (55/56): 181–182. ISSN 0034-8325. JSTOR 20138570.
- ^ a b Sansón Corbo, Tomás David (23 July 2020). "Carlos Pastore y "el general de la virgen espada". Memoria y destino nacional en Paraguay". Revista de Historia de América (159): 165. doi:10.35424/rha.159.2020.643. ISSN 2663-371X – via ProQuest.
- ^ "PARAGUAY REPEATS THREAT.; But Expresses Readiness to Observe War Rules if Foe Will". The New York Times. 1 June 1934.
- ^ White, John W. (27 June 1934). "PEACE ADVOCATE QUITS IN PARAGUAY; Foreign Minister Forced Out by Advocacy of Arbitration of Chaco Dispute. A PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT But 40-Year-Old Pastor Benitez Lost Prestige by His Pacific Speech at Montevideo". The New York Times – via ProQuest.
- ^ "POLITICAL TURMOIL RISES IN PARAGUAY; Minister-Designate to Bolivia Rejects Acceptance of Post". The New York Times. 31 October 1938 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Barager 1959, pp. 623–624.
- ^ Jones, Willis Knapp (1938). "Literature of the Chaco War". Hispania. 21 (1): 46. doi:10.2307/332424. ISSN 0018-2133. JSTOR 332424.
- ^ Warren, Harris G. (1960). "Review of El Paraguay colonial. Las raíces de la nacionalidad". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 40 (3): 447. doi:10.2307/2509968. ISSN 0018-2168. JSTOR 2509968.