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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

1811–1888 · 19th century

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine writer, educator and statesman who served as president from 1868 to 1874. An opponent of Rosas, he wrote Facundo in exile in Chile, a classic of Latin American literature contrasting civilisation and barbarism. As president he expanded public schooling, encouraged immigration and carried out the first national census in 1869.

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