Diógenes Taboada

Diógenes Taboada (Ojo del Río, — Buenos Aires, ) was an Argentine lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of the Interior under President Roberto M. Ortiz and as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Arturo Frondizi twenty years later.

Biography He completed his secondary studies in the city of Córdoba and received his law degree from the University of Buenos Aires. From his early youth he belonged to the Radical Civic Union (UCR).

In 1917 he was Minister of Finance of the San Luis Province, during the administration of Governor . Three years later he was elected national deputy for his province. He was a supporter of the .

During the government of Juan Domingo Perón he joined the Radical Civic Union, in the fraction that would be the Intransigent Radical Civic Union (UCRI). He supported the policy of later president Arturo Frondizi, who in May 1958 appointed him his Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In April 1961, the announcement of the Alliance for Progress by U.S. President John F. Kennedy took place, which was received with skepticism by all of Latin America, with the exception of the government of President Frondizi, who declared himself the biggest admirer of the policy. Minister Taboada also showed no enthusiasm for the announcement, and—in any case—he left office at the end of that month.

During the rest of Frondizi's government, Taboada served as ambassador to Uruguay and Peru.