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Jose Herrera
Von Uslar Gleichen

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Marquis of Lanzarote and Count of Palomar.

 

A lawyer by profession, he studied in Venezuela and in the United States.

In 1936, he co-founded the National Action Movement (MAN),

with a purpose to fight against extremism, communism,

dissolution and social unrest, and ultimately opposing

the propagation of the Marxist-Leninist ideology in Venezuela,

by any means necessary. 

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In 1950, Jose Herrera Von Uslar Gleichen advocated a strong movement

which oversaw the adoption of World War II orphans.

 

When he was Ambassador to Sweden, Herrera Uslar organised

the transfer of 1,000 orphaned war refugees in Switzerland.

 

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The orphans arrived in Venezuela in batches of 50 children,

and were welcomed to the colony of Catia La Mar,

where they were adopted by Venezuelan families.

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