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martes, 21 de junio de 2011

Matías de Córdova

Today we begin with a great figure in the history of Chiapas.

Fray Matías de Córdova (Tapachula, Chiapas, 1768 - Chiapa of the Indians, October 17, 1828) was a Guatemalan political and religious born in Tapachula, Chiapas, when this region was still part of Guatemala. Proclaimed the independence of Chiapas on August 28, 1821, shortly before the consummation of independence of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico). He was vicar general prior and convent of Santo Domingo de Chiapas.

He graduated in theology in the convent of Santo Domingo de Guatemala. In 1803 he traveled to Spain. He founded a printing company, where he edited the newspaper the rod and published several written under the pseudonym The Grocer. He won the annealing of the press of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. In the fable of the lion shot to fame as a writer. In 1798 won the National Contest organized by the Economic Society "Amigos del País" in Guatemala.

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