The New International Encyclopædia/Arboleda, Julio

ARBOLEDA, är'bṓ-lā'Dȧ, Julio (1817-62). A Colombian poet and political leader. He was born at Barbacoas and was educated in Europe. In 1856 he joined the Conservative revolt in Antioquia, and soon became the leader of his faction. He concluded an alliance with President Moreno, of Ecuador, and made war upon the Federalist dictator, Mosquera. With the support of the States of western Colombia, he assumed supreme power, but soon afterwards was assassinated. In a literary way he is chiefly known for his poems, which, including Dios y la virtud, Estoy en la cárcel, and Mo aussento, gave him high rank among Spanish-American poets. The manuscript of his most important work, Gonzalo de Oyón, was almost completely destroyed by an enemy, and only fragmentary copies are preserved.