Background
He was born on October 20, 1934 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and spend his youth on the lowlands of Palmar de las Islas.
He was born on October 20, 1934 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and spend his youth on the lowlands of Palmar de las Islas.
He studied Sociology at the Katholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
Araúz worked initially for the French Alliance française and the Casa de la Cultura Raúl Otero Reiche in Santa Cruz. Then he became secretary-general for the Asociación Pro Arte y Cultura (Apac), a Bolivian organization for the promotion of art and culture. The baroque in the region of Santa Cruz developed under the influence of old culture exchanges with the local Indian people.
He is director of two biannual international festivals in Bolovia in the field of music and theater: the Festival Internacional de Música Barroca y Renacentista Misiones de Chiquitos and the Festival Internacional de Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Araúz was rewarded with prizes several times.