Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (11 September 1811 – 15 February 1888) was an Argentine statesman, educator, and author.

Sarmiento was born in San Juan.

He was president of Argentina from 1868 to 1874.

Sarmiento was a prolific writer; his best known work is Facundo (1845), an in-depth study of caudillismo and personalism in politics.

He died in Asunción (Paraguay)

Selected works

• Mi defensa
• Civilización y Barbarie - Vida de Juan Facundo Quiroga
• Viajes, Argirópolis
• Recuerdos de Provincia
• Campaña del Ejército Grande
• Conflictos y armonías de las razas de América
• De la educación popular

Sarmiento's portrait appears on the Argentine Peso $50 bill.

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