Background
Mendez, Joaquin was born on April 24, 1862 in San Salvador. Son of Doctor Ambrosio and Leonor B. (Meissonier) Mendez.
Mendez, Joaquin was born on April 24, 1862 in San Salvador. Son of Doctor Ambrosio and Leonor B. (Meissonier) Mendez.
Graduate colleges of Guatemala. Also studied in France.
Editor El Guatemalteco (official newspaper of Guatemalan Government), 1892-1901. Member National Legislature of Guatemala. Assistant secretary of state of Guatemala, 1901-1907, and acting secretary of state several times.
Director public education and society of public works, Guatemala, 1907-1911.
Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary on special mission to the United States, August, 1911. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, December 1911-1920.
President Central American Press Committee in Guatemala, 1900-1905. President Ateneo of Guatemala.
Vice president Ateneo of Central America.
Member National Geography Society, Ateneo (Santiago, Chile), American Union (New York). Honorary member Sociedad de Escritores y Artistas de Madrid. Corresponding member Real Academia de Lengua Española.
Honorary vice president Spanish American Athenaeum (Washington).
Member National Legislature of Guatemala. Member National Geography Society, Ateneo (Santiago, Chile), American Union (New York). Member Sociedad de Escritores y Artistas de Madrid.
Member Real Academia de Lengua Española.
Club: Lawyers’ (New York).
Married Lola Montenegro, a leading poetess of Central America.