Guzmán, Antonio Leocadio (1801–1884)

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán (b. 14 November 1801; d. 13 November 1884), Venezuelan politician and publicist. In 1825, Guzmán founded the newspaper El Argos. In 1830, he served as minister of interior, justice, and police. He helped organize the Liberal Party in 1840 and edited the party's newspaper, El Venezolano, which called for universal suffrage for males, emancipation of slaves, and the end of capital punishment. Guzmán served José Tadeo Monagas as minister of interior and justice and as vice president. In 1853, he went to Peru as ambassador. He joined the Junta Patriótica de Venezuela, led by Ezequiel Zamora, in 1858, and served as a propagandist. Guzmán's son Antonio Guzmán Blanco became president in 1870.

See alsoSlavery: Abolition; Venezuela, Political Parties: Liberal Party.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Francisco González Guinán, Historia contemporánea de Venezuela, vols. 2-4 (1954).

John V. Lombardi, Venezuela: The Search for Order, the Dream of Progress (1982).

Hector Mujica, La historia en una silla (1982).

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán, Antonio Leocadio Guzmán, 2 vols. (1983).

Additional Bibliography

Caballero, Miguel, and Sheila Salazar. Diez grandes polémicas en la historia de Venezuela. Caracas: Fondo Editorial 60 Años, 1999.

Rodríguez Campos, Manuel, and Tomás Enrique Carrillo Batalla. Antonio Leocadio Guzmán en la economía venezolana: Discurso de incorporación como individuo de número de la Academia Nacional de la Historia. Caracas: Academia Nacional de la Historia, 1997.

                              Winthrop R. Wright