The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Arboleda, Julio

ARBOLEDA,, Julio, South American poet and statesman: b. Barbacoas, Colombia, 9 June 1817; d. 1862. He was educated in Europe and on his return to Colombia engaged in journalism. In the various Colombian revolutions he was a liberal Conservative and more than once declined the vice-presidency of the republic. His poems are much esteemed in Spanish-American literature.