It could seems weird, but I would like to met to a begining of the past century's Chilean army officer, called Marmaduke Grove Vallejo. I'm not agree with his political thinking, but I really like to talk him because I want to know what take him to try in three times differents coups d' etat, and to know what kind of men was him, personally, and what kind of men he cames in to after his entire political and military life, after several years into exile, after fougth so many battles almost alone, after have been so close to be elected president.
To be sincere, I found some of things he tries a little bit crazy or even stupid or funny, but I believe that he is an example to recilience and love for his way to look for a better country or a better world.
In fact, he has became an
anecdote; and I must say, an almost forgotten anecdote. If you ask for Marmaduke Grove in the street, or whit te most of people, they probably gone answer something like: "What is that, a cartoon?" or "It's for eating or something?". I'm not doing a defence to history or saying that Marmaduke Grove should be an essential character in the Chilean identity, I belive that his role in pretty precise in the country history and not have so much importance, no. He isn't the key one, but
Interesting. I'd never heard of him until now. Chilean history isn't my strong point.
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