Américo Ghioldi was an Argentine educator, publisher and prominent Socialist politician.

Life and times

Ghioldi was born and raised in Buenos Aires. He went to become a Professor of Exact Science

Exact science

An exact science is any field of science capable of accurate quantitative expression or precise predictions and rigorous methods of testing hypotheses, especially reproducible experiments involving quantifiable predictions and measurements...

s at the National Teachers' School in Buenos Aires and around 1930, founded La Vanguardia, soon among the leading Socialist dailies in Argentina. Encouraged by his brother, local Communist Party

Communist Party of Argentina

The Communist Party of Argentina is a communist party from Argentina. It was founded in 1918.At the 2005 legislative elections, the Party joined the Encuentro Amplio with other left-wing parties in Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Province...

 head Rodolfo Ghioldi, he ran as a Socialist for a seat in the Buenos Aires City Council

Buenos Aires City Legislature

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, and was elected in 1948. Becoming one of the few prominent left-wing lawmakers during the era of populist leader Juan Perón

Juan Perón

Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine military officer, and politician. Perón was three times elected as President of Argentina though he only managed to serve one full term, after serving in several government positions, including the Secretary of Labor and the Vice Presidency...

, Ghioldi was harassed by the Peronist regime and La Vanguardia was shuttered.

Following Perón's violent 1955 overthrow, Gholdi was invited to take part in the influential Civilian Advisory Board called by junta leader General Eduardo Lonardi

Eduardo Lonardi

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. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly of August 1957, entrusted to determine which among Perón's many constitutional changes should stand. The Socialist Party's 1958 convention, however, could arrive on no agreement as to their degree of opposititon to Peronism (which, despite its ban, remained a powerful political force, skillfully managed by their leader in exile). Ghioldi broke from the party leadership, establishing a Democratic Socialist Party

Democratic Socialist Party

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 more opposed to Peronists than the Socialist Party would be. Faring modestly in 1963 elections

Argentine general election, 1963

The Argentine general election of 1963 was held on 7 July. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 85.6%, it produced the following results:-President:aAbstentions.-Argentine Chamber of Deputies:...

, in which they split the socialist vote of 6% about evenly with the Socialist Party, Ghioldi devoted more time to academia, teaching at the University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires

The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...

 and University of La Plata and honored with a numerary membership in the prestigious Argentine Educational Academy.

Ghioldi was again nominated on the Democrartic Socialist ticket for elections

Argentine general election, March 1973

The first Argentine general election of 1973 was held on 11 March. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 85.5%, it produced the following results:-President:...

 held on March 11, 1973. His party fared poorly, however, garnering about 1% of the vote and badly outdistanced by the Socialists. Following President Juan Perón's July 1974 passing, Ghioldi advised his widow and successor, Isabel Martínez de Perón

Isabel Martínez de Perón

María Estela Martínez Cartas de Perón , better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón or Isabel Perón, is a former President of Argentina. She was also the third wife of another former President, Juan Perón...

 on the imminent wave of violence between Trotskyite and fascist extremists, warnings Mrs. Perón ignored.

Ghioldi was increasingly respected by Argentine conservatives, in his later years. A lifelong Socialist, he contributed regularly to La Nación, Argentina's most prominent conservative daily. The regime

National Reorganization Process

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 that deposed Isabel Perón, despite their violently right-wing ideology, named Ghioldi Abassador to Portugal

Portugal

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in 1976.

He died in Buenos Aires in 1985 at age 85. His body lay in state at the Buenos Aires City Council's grand hall.