Chilean Journalists - Benjamin Vicuna MacKenna, Camilo Henriquez, Mariela Griffor, Enrique Lafourcade, Rafael Manriquez, Carlos Pezoa Veliz (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna, Camilo Henriquez, Mariela Griffor, Enrique Lafourcade, Rafael Manriquez, Carlos Pezoa Veliz, Antonio Jose de Irisarri, Recaredo Santos Tornero, Pedro Felix Vicuna, Pamela Jiles, Julian Elfenbein, Juan Francisco Meneses, Carlos Davila, Eliodoro Yanez, Pablo Huneeus, Alberto Fuguet, Maria de la Cruz, Ena von Baer, Jorge Marchant Lazcano, Agustin Edwards Mac Clure, Manuel Rojas, Pedro Balmaceda, Vicente Reyes, Karen Doggenweiler, Diana Bolocco, Patricia Verdugo, Sergio Vodanovi, Liborio Brieba, Joaquin Edwards Bello, Daniel de la Vega, Jose Santiago Munoz, Pedro Sienna, Julio Martinez, Hermogenes Irisarri, Marcela Vacarezza, Jose Bernardino Quijada Vivanco, Francisco Javier Quevado y Vasquez, Fernando Solabarrieta, Valeria Ortega, Carlos Pinto, Carolina Aguilera, Fernando Solis, Harold Mayne-Nicholls, Esteban Valenzuela, Melchor Jose Ramos. Excerpt: Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna (August 25, 1831 - January 25, 1886) was a Chilean writer, journalist, historian and politician. Vicuna Mackenna was of Irish and Basque descent. Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna was born in Santiago, the son of Pedro Felix Vicuna and Carmen Mackenna Vicuna, and grandson of General Juan Mackenna, hero of the Chilean War of Independence. He studied in Santiago, and joined the school of law in 1849. From the beginning of his career he contributed to La Tribuna newspaper, writing political articles. In 1851 he participated in Pedro Urriola's revolution against the government but was taken prisoner during the attack on the headquarters of the Chacabuco Regiment. On 4 July 1851 Vicuna Mackenna and Roberto Souper managed to escape from the prison disguised as women. In 1852 he lived in exile in the United States, and travelled from San Francisco through Mexico and Canada. A year later he studied agronomy in England, and then visited man...