In 1955, the poet Andrés Eloy Blanco died

Published at: 21/05/2025 08:22 AM

On May 21, 1955, in Mexico City, the physical departure of Andrés Eloy Blanco, a Venezuelan poet and politician who dedicated his prose and struggle to highlight the culture of an untamed people to whom he always professed his love, took place.

Born in the city of Cumaná on August 6, 1896, this illustrious Venezuelan dedicated a large part of his life to the study of Venezuelan history, a fact that made him an exalted lover of the indomitable strength that has marked the people of these lands, an admiration that he captured in each of his works.

His Venezuelan and profoundly Bolivarian vision led him to participate in the political life of the country, where he opted for ideas of social justice, until he became a relevant figure in the fight against the gomecist dictatorship and later the main promoter of the need for the establishment of social democracy.

In 1946 he became president of the National Constituent Assembly, which reformed the Gomecist constitution and established universal, direct and secret suffrage that allowed the election of his friend of struggle and gatherings, Rómulo Gallegos, who appointed him as Minister of Foreign Affairs, where he promoted a sovereign policy of respect before the great powers.

With the overthrow of Gallegos orchestrated by a group of soldiers, Andrés Eloy leaves Venezuela to take refuge in Mexico where he dies in a tragic traffic accident.

70 years after the departure of this patriot, the town honors the memory of the author of so many works that he recalls the strength and rebellion that has always marked the men and women born in this land who fight to victory.

Mazo News Team