Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza III (24 February 1928 – 31 December 2006) was a Dominican lawyer, diplomat [1] and poet. [2]
He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Adolfo Ariza-Ariza and Concepcion Mendoza. Mendoza graduated from the school "La Normal" in Gazcue and graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). Prior to being a lawyer he was a messenger at the Texaco Corporation, located at the Parque Independencia. He also served as a notary and a lawyer for the C.E.A Consejo Statal del Azucar for 22 years. After his government assignments, he maintained his "Buffet" lawyer offices located Fabio in Ciudad Nueva. During his life he wrote extensively about the oppression suffered by Dominican workers and defended the laws and properties of farmers most of the time at no charge, publishing some of his works through local newspapers or contributing to books on the matter. His father Adolfo Ariza Ariza was a statesman who later became part of the opposition of the Trujillo regime. Fito Ariza, his father, was jailed and detained several times for publicly denouncing the atrocities committed by the dictatorship. Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza was a devoted father to his children, and was rumored to have been married several times. He was married to Rafaela Rodriguez Cabrera who he widowed in 1976. He remarried in 2005 to Milagros Baez. Publicly demonstrated by his cousin Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza who later became an icon in the Dominican Republic.
Mendoza wrote the prologue [3] of the famous Dominican comedy book "Don Cibaito en la Capital" by Domingo Rodriguez Creus, which tells the tale of a Dominican peasant who went from the countryside to the city and the challenges he faced.
Mendoza had 10 children.[ citation needed]
References
- ^ Republic, Dominican (1954-01-01). Gaceta Oficial (in Spanish).
- ^ Pérez, Orlando Rodríguez (2001-01-01). Testimonios de un rebelde: episodios de la revolución cubana, 1944-1963 (in Spanish). Editions Universal. ISBN 9780897299428.
- ^ Creus, Domingo A. Rodríguez (1974-01-01). Don Cibaíto en la Capital (in Spanish). Ediciones Luminaria.
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Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza III (24 February 1928 – 31 December 2006) was a Dominican lawyer, diplomat [1] and poet. [2]
He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Adolfo Ariza-Ariza and Concepcion Mendoza. Mendoza graduated from the school "La Normal" in Gazcue and graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). Prior to being a lawyer he was a messenger at the Texaco Corporation, located at the Parque Independencia. He also served as a notary and a lawyer for the C.E.A Consejo Statal del Azucar for 22 years. After his government assignments, he maintained his "Buffet" lawyer offices located Fabio in Ciudad Nueva. During his life he wrote extensively about the oppression suffered by Dominican workers and defended the laws and properties of farmers most of the time at no charge, publishing some of his works through local newspapers or contributing to books on the matter. His father Adolfo Ariza Ariza was a statesman who later became part of the opposition of the Trujillo regime. Fito Ariza, his father, was jailed and detained several times for publicly denouncing the atrocities committed by the dictatorship. Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza was a devoted father to his children, and was rumored to have been married several times. He was married to Rafaela Rodriguez Cabrera who he widowed in 1976. He remarried in 2005 to Milagros Baez. Publicly demonstrated by his cousin Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza who later became an icon in the Dominican Republic.
Mendoza wrote the prologue [3] of the famous Dominican comedy book "Don Cibaito en la Capital" by Domingo Rodriguez Creus, which tells the tale of a Dominican peasant who went from the countryside to the city and the challenges he faced.
Mendoza had 10 children.[ citation needed]
References
- ^ Republic, Dominican (1954-01-01). Gaceta Oficial (in Spanish).
- ^ Pérez, Orlando Rodríguez (2001-01-01). Testimonios de un rebelde: episodios de la revolución cubana, 1944-1963 (in Spanish). Editions Universal. ISBN 9780897299428.
- ^ Creus, Domingo A. Rodríguez (1974-01-01). Don Cibaíto en la Capital (in Spanish). Ediciones Luminaria.
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