Antonio F. Díaz
Antonio Felipe Díaz (1789–1869) was a Uruguayan general and politician, who participated in the Argentine War of Independence and the Guerra Grande in the Banda Oriental.[citation needed] He was also a writer and journalist, author of several newspapers, including El Correo Nacional and El Defensor de la Independencia Americana.[citation needed] He briefly served as a cabinet minister during the presidency of Manuel Oribe in 1838, during his term as president of the Cerrito,[1] serving as Minister of Finance and of War and the Navy of Uruguay.[citation needed] Born in La Coruña, Spain, as the son of Domingo Díaz de Castañón and Manuela Hernández de Miera, he belonged to a distinguished Spanish family established in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.[citation needed] He was married to María Dionisia Gómez Soriano, daughter of José Gómez Soriano and Cayetana Tadea Torres.[citation needed] References
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