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Julio Arboleda[hOO´lyO ArbOlA´thA] Pronunciation Key, 1817–61, Colombian poet and politician. A powerful political force, he was for a time imprisoned and then exiled. He returned to lead a revolt (1860) against Mosquera, was named president, but shortly thereafter was assassinated. He is best known as the author of the unfinished poem Gonzalo de OyOn, an epic of the Spanish conquest.
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