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| 2 | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (February 15, 1811 – September 11, 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of {{UsefulNotes/Argentina}}. |
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| 4 | In his country, he is considered to be a "''prócer''" (a kind of patriotic hero, akin to the American Founding Fathers), primarily for his educational revolution; as he hired North American teachers to help create a national elementary school system, and made it mandatory throughout the entire country. This revolution was a quintessential part of his plans for the modernization of Argentina, and is one of the main reasons why Argentina ranks so highly in education and the Human Development Index among Latin American countries. |
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| 6 | However his role in history is now strongly questioned, as he is recognized for his [[invoked]][[ValuesDissonance racism and xenophobia]], and for his [[FinalSolution controversial ideas]] about what he considered the "barbarian" population of Argentina, which consisted of {{Gaucho}}s and Native populations (which he viewed as TheSavageIndian). Hell, even early Argentine literature such as ''Literature/MartinFierro'' harshly criticized his domestic policies. Juan Bautista Alberdi, who helped write Argentina's constitution, called him a "Caudillo with Frac", an oppressor and tyrant with bloodied hands, as he waged war against Paraguay and the province of Entre Ríos. |
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| 8 | !!His literary works (with articles on this wiki) include: |
| 9 | * ''[[{{Literature/Facundo}} Facundo, o Civilización y Barbarie]]'' (''Facundo, or Civilization and Barbarism'') |
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