Abstract

ROJAS VASQUEZ, Víctor H.; JEFFS MUNIZAGA, José Gabriel  and  TAPIA FIGUEROA, Claudio. "I WAS BORN IN THE HOUSE OF GABRIEL RENÉ MORENO": Memory and Legacy of the Struggle for Chilean-Bolivian Integration by Leonardo Jeffs Castro (1938-2015). Rev. aportes de la comunicación [online]. 2023, n.34, pp.177-190. ISSN 2306-8671.

Abstract This article corresponds to a biography and a transcription of the last interview given by the Chilean historian, university academic, Latin America integration and Bolivian maritime cause activist, Leonardo Jeffs Castro. This was made a few months before he passed away in the year 2015 in Valparaíso. Professor Jeffs leaves an endless legacy for his duty as an educator for the continental integration and his advocacy in favor of the Bolivian maritime cause. He dedicated his life and work to this fight from 1969 until his death. He spread, in turn, the legacy, from his time in Chile, of Gabriel René Moreno, Manfredo Kempff Mercado, Roberto Prudencio and Jorge Siles Salinas, among others. Tireless promoter of the binational Chilean-Bolivian intellectual meetings, he learned to know, love and understand the feelings of the Bolivian people, their sensitivities and desires. This contribution is structured as follows: extracts from his memories through his last interview, and subsequently deepened in his main milestones found in his bio-bibliography

Keywords : Bolivia; Maritime Reintegration; Latin America Integration; Latin America; International Relations History; Historiography.

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