Félix Cantalicio Aracuyú

He was born in the city of Belén, the son of an indigenous Guaraní and an African American. In his town parish, he acted as an altar boy, and carried out his first studies.

Very young, he went to Asunción to work as a painter. Very soon he stood out as a speaker and union leader. He joined the Union of Resistance of Painting Workers. He managed to buy a small piece of land on the outskirts of the capital, where he grew vegetables, which he sold in the Asunción market. He was sent several times to Gran Chaco due to his active anarcho-syndicalist militancy, however, he always managed to return to the cities, to continue with his activities as a worker and militant. He was highly respected, as he gave good speeches, both in Guaraní, and in Spanish.

He participated in the taking of Encarnación in 1931, along with other prominent intellectuals of the time, such as Obdulio Barthe and Oscar Creydt. This revolution was intended to occur throughout the country, however, due to communication problems, it only took place in the capital of Itapúa. The Encarnación commune lasted only 16 hours. Seeing the lack of support in the rest of the country, the revolutionaries left the city. Cantalicio Aracuyú was shot in the head by the police, so he was unable to escape with his companions. He endured jail, and mistreatment by the police. However, he recovered, and continued to fight for the libertarian cause, until his death in the 1980s.

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• Anarchism in Paraguay