Luis Cabrera Lobato
Luis Cabrera | |
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Cabrera in 1914 | |
| Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 14th district of Puebla | |
| In office 13 July 1917 – 31 August 1918 | |
| Succeeded by | Constantino Molina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luis Vicente Cabrera Lobato 17 July 1876 Zacatlán, Puebla |
| Died | 12 April 1954 (aged 77) |
| Spouse | Guillermina Nevraumont (1884–1968) / Elena Cosío |
| Children | María Luisa Inés/ José/ Guillermo / Mercedes / Jorge / Luis / Enrique / Daniel / Ramón |
| Relatives | Daniel Cabrera |
| Education | Lawyer |
| Alma mater | Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia (National School of Jurisprudence) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician, writer |
| Writing career | |
| Pen name | Lucas Rivera, Lic. Blas Urrea |
| Genre | Essays, poetry, professional literature, translations |
Luis Vicente Cabrera Lobato (17 July 1876 – 12 April 1954) was a Mexican lawyer, politician and writer. His pen name for his political essays was Lic. Blas Urrea; his more literary works appeared under the name of Lucas Rivera. During the late presidency of Porfirio Díaz, he was a vocal critic of the regime. He became an important civilian intellectual in the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920).
He was a co-founder of the Anti-Re-electionist Party, which backed the candidacy of Francisco I. Madero, and when armed revolutionaries forced Díaz to resign, he counseled Madero not to make a deal with the old regime. During the Madero administration, he drafted a reform land law, which Madero did not sign. After Madero's murder in the February 1913 coup d'état, Cabrera was a key civilian adviser to the Primer Jefe of the Constitutionalist Army, Venustiano Carranza. He retired from politics following Carranza's ouster and murder in 1920.