Guillermo Viviani Contreras was a

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. In the 1920s Viviani ran two organizations; a

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called El Surco whose objective was to fight for legislation that was favorably to the

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promoting in the way the formation of labour unions and "La casa del pueblo" which sought to advocate syndicalism and some Christian teachings.

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was for a time member of both organizations. Viviani was a supporter of the Catholic political party Partido Popular. Viviani was for a time prison chaplain at the Santiago Prison.

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Chilean trade unionists 20th-century Chilean Roman Catholic priests Prison chaplains 1893 births 1964 deaths {{Labour-activist-stub