Buenaventura Macabeo Maldonado | |
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![]() Buenaventura Macabeo Maldonado Vivas in 1887. | |
![]() Member of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies for the state of Táchira | |
Deputy | 1878–1881 |
Deputy | 1893–1896 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1854 Venezuela Ureña, Táchira, Venezuela |
Died | December 19, 1901 Cúcuta, Santander Department, Colombia |
Relations | Samuel Darío Maldonado Vivas (Brother) |
Children | Aminta Maldonado
Cornelia Maldonado de Parra Petra Maldonado de Buenaño |
Occupation | Military officer and politician |
Buenaventura Macabeo Maldonado Vivas (Ureña, Venezuela, 1854 – Cúcuta, Colombia, December 19, 1901) was a Venezuelan military man and politician, and a key figure in the political and military conflicts of the Venezuelan and Latin American Andes.
In Venezuela he worked as a congressman, representing the state of Táchira (in the years 1878, 1880, 1881, 1893, and 1896); he was a columnist for various periodical publications, and founded and directed the newspaper El Republicano; he co-founded the Republican Party in an alliance with supporters of Carlos Rangel Garbiras and José Manuel Hernández.[1][2]