Froylán Turcios

Froylán Turcios was a politician, writer, and journalist from Honduras who lived from July 7, 1875, to November 19, 1943. He is regarded as one of the most significant intellectuals from Honduras in the early 20th century. He was deeply ingrained in the Americanist movements and served as the patriotic guerrilla fighter Augusto César Sandino's personal secretary in the Republic of Nicaragua. On a literary level, he was close with Rubén Daro, Juan Ramón Molina, and many other giants of global thought. He worked hard to defend his country and occasionally disagreed with the policies pursued by the United States of America, other nations in the region of Central America, and the Antilles.

He served as interior minister, national congressman, and representative of Honduras in the Geneva League of Nations. He was deeply ingrained in the Americanist fights and served as the patriotic guerrilla fighter Augusto César Sandino's personal secretary in Nicaragua. On a literary level, he was close friends with Rubén Daro, Juan Ramón Molina, and many other figures of global thought. He was a tireless traveler who vigorously defended his country by criticizing the Big Stick strategy that the US had undertaken in the Central American and Caribbean region. He was forced to move into exile in Costa Rica as a result of his significant political activism in support of Sandino.