Juan Carulla
| Juan Carulla | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Juan Emiliano Carulla July 20, 1888 Villaguay, Argentina |
| Died | November 20, 1968 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Political writer |
| Notable work | Genio de la Argentina (1943) |
Juan Emiliano Carulla (20 July 1888 - 20 November 1968) was an Argentine physician and nationalist politician. He was most prominent under the military regime in power during the early 1930s.
A native of the Entre Ríos Province, Carulla trained as a medical doctor. In his early years Carulla was a supporter of anarchism but this was to change after a trip to Europe during the First World War. Carulla enlisted in the French Army as a field doctor and during his service he became convinced that the left had done nothing to help the war effort, leading to his abandonment of anarchism. Whilst in France he became a strong supporter of Action Française and this was to inform his political views when he returned to his homeland. Like many of his contemporaries in France Carulla had been exposed to the syndicalism of Georges Sorel which, despite its avowedly leftist bent, was influential on the integrism of Charles Maurras with a number of prominent French leftists of the time switching to this far right creed.
Following his return to Argentina Carulla established his own journal, La Voz Nacional, in 1925. In this he expounded his political views, which at that point showed strong support for Germany and a preference for tradition and heredity as the bases of government. He became associated with the followers of Leopoldo Lugones and, along with the likes of Rodolfo Irazusta, helped to found and edit the journal La Nueva República (LNR) in 1927. He also produced his own journal Bandera Argentina which, amongst other things, campaigned strongly against female suffrage, dismissing it as "insanity". This journal contained the writings in which Carulla came closest to endorsing the fascism that was growing in power in Europe at the time. In his memoirs he would admit that this journal had received assistance from the German embassy. His work with LNR was pivotal to the development of Argentina's anti-establishment far right as it represented a break from the old traditionalism and a new endorsement of corporatism and a fascist-inspired nationalism. In his work for the magazine Carulla emphasised anti-Semitism and wrote of perceived Jewish conspiracies to take over Argentina.
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