MENDOZA GUERRA 



PEDRO MENDOZA GUERRA 



Teacher; journalist; public 

 man. 



Pedro Mendoza Guerra was born in 

 Pamplona, Spain, in September, 1862. 

 While very young his family migrated to 

 Havana where he was educated in the 

 Colegio de Belen, winning there the degree 

 of Bachelor. He early became imbued 

 with a desire to help his adopted country 

 in her struggle for freedom, and the Third 

 Corps of the Army of Liberation, in which 

 he held the rank of Colonel, sent him as 

 its representative to the assembly of la 

 Yaya. 



In 1896 he was appointed Governor of 

 Camaguey, and was for a time mayor of 

 the City of Camaguey after the establish- 

 ment of the Republic. In 1902 he was 

 elected to represent that province in the 



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