Education
Born in Tucuman, Etchecopar attended the University of Buenos Aires and graduated with a law degree.
Born in Tucuman, Etchecopar attended the University of Buenos Aires and graduated with a law degree.
He became part of a Catholic cultural movement along with the likes of Leopoldo Marechal and Francisco Luis Bernárdez. He wrote for such journals as Sol y Luna and Nueva Politica in defence of oligarchy and in praise of Juan Manuel de Rosas. In 1942 he was a leading delegate at the Congresa de la Recuperación Nacional at Buenos Aires, a failed attempt to unite the various strands of nationalist thought in the country.
Etchecopar soon came to concentrate more fully on his diplomatic posts, holding a number of leading positions.
He served as Consul-General in Cairo from 1947 to 1948 before moving on to London where he was stationed to 1949. He subsequently acted as Argentina"s ambassador to Sweden, Peru, Mexico, Colombia and Switzerland whilst also serving as director of the main training centre for diplomats, the Instituto del Servicio Exterior de la Nacion, from 1966 to 1969.
Following the failure of this initiative Etchecopar became a close ally of Mario Amadeo and under his influence became a supporter of Arturo Frondizi, moving away from nationalism.