Guzmán, Enrique (1843–1911)

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Guzmán, Enrique (1843–1911)

Enrique Guzmán (b. 2 August 1843; d. 23 May 1911), Nicaraguan intellectual and politician. Guzmán is renowned throughout Central America as a writer and a politician. In 1862 he published his first satirical essays. As a youth he was a member of the Liberal Party, but from 1886 to 1911 he was affiliated with the Conservatives. Guzmán first became politically active during his father's run for the presidency in 1867. In 1879 he served as a deputy in Congress. Among his friends was President Joaquín Zavala (1879–1883; 1893). Guzmán encouraged Zavala to maintain good relations with neighboring states in order to preserve Nicaraguan neutrality and peace. Under Zavala, he served as minister to Chile and Peru. During the Zelaya dictatorship, he conspired against the government.

See alsoZavala, Joaquín .

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Zelaya, Enrique Guzmán y su tiempo (1965).

Enrique Guzmán Selva, Escritos biográficos de Enrique Guzmán (1976).

Additional Bibliography

Cruz S, Arturo J. Nicaragua's Conservative Republic, 1858–93. New York: Palgrave, 2002.

Duque Estrada Sacasa, Esteban. D. Enrique Guzmán: Tres facetas de su vida. Managua: E. Duque Estrada Sacasa, 2001.

                                     Shannon Bellamy