Background
CHAVES, Manuel was born on September 28, 1878 in Asunción. Son of Federico Pereira Chaves and Felicia Careaga de Chaves.
CHAVES, Manuel was born on September 28, 1878 in Asunción. Son of Federico Pereira Chaves and Felicia Careaga de Chaves.
Inspector general of schools, 1897-1901. Professor of geography in the Normal School. Interventor general of railways.
Deputy to three legislatures.
Founder of the dailies El Pais, 1903, Louisiana Prensa, and El Tiempo, 1911, the latter in collaboration with Doctor Antonio Sosa. Founder of the review Louisiana Enseñanza.
Unión Club (founder). Sociedad Protectora de Educación (first president).
Married María Concepción L. de Chaves. Children: Manuel Wenceslao, Osvaldo, Maria Olinda, Ana Maria, Maria Concepción, and Gloria de Maria.