Famous People with Name Hernando

Hernando Urriago Benítez            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Hernando Urriago Benítez: is a poet and essay writer who was born in Cali, Colombia in 1974. He studied literature in Universidad del Valle and a Magister in Colombian and Latin American literature.[1] His grading thesis was about essay writer Baldomero Sanín Cano. Urriago Benítez won the National Poetry Prize in 1999.He currently works in Universidad del Valle with other writers like Carlos Patiño Millán, Fabio Martínez and Oscar Perdomo Gamboa.

Hernando Siles Reyes            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Hernando Siles Reyes: was the 31st President of Bolivia, serving from 1926-1930. Founder of the Nationalist Party, he soon gravitated toward the Saavedrista faction of the Republican Party, which had come to power in 1920. Chosen by President Saavedra to be his successor in 1926, Siles ran on a ticket that included the latter's brother, Abdon Saavedra, as his Vice-Presidential running mate. This formula won the elections, and Siles Reyes was sworn in August, 1926. Soon, he came to be regarded as one of the most charismatic Bolivian politicians in recent memory, especially when he broke openly with the domineering ex-President Bautista Saavedra, and exiled him along with his brother (hitherto Siles's own Vice-President). Despite all this, the Siles government soon ran into economic and political difficulties associated with the far-reaching effects of the "crash" of 1929.