# Reinaldo Gargano

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{{short description|Uruguayan political figure (1934–2013)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Reinaldo Gargano
| image = Gargano03.jpg
| office = 35px<br />[Senator](/source/Senate_of_Uruguay)
| term_start = March 11, 1985
| term_end = February 28, 2005
| office2 = [Minister of Foreign Relations](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Relations_(Uruguay))
| term_start2 = March 1, 2005
| term_end2 = March 3, 2008
| office3 = Senator
| term_start3 = March 3, 2008
| term_end3 = March 3, 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|7|26}}
| birth_place = [Paysandú](/source/Paysand%C3%BA), [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|2|5|1934|7|26}}
| death_place = [Montevideo](/source/Montevideo), [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)
| party = [Socialist Party](/source/Socialist_Party_of_Uruguay)
| spouse = Judith Grauert
| children = Two
| occupation = [Politician](/source/Politician), [journalist](/source/journalist)
}}

'''Reinaldo Apolo Gargano Ostuni''' (July 26, 1934 &ndash; February 5, 2013) was a [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)an political figure.<ref name=Death>{{cite web |url=http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/242937/murio-reinaldo-gargano-/ |title=Murió Reinaldo Gargano |publisher=Elobservador.com.uy |date= |accessdate=2013-02-08 |archive-date=2013-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615095701/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/242937/murio-reinaldo-gargano-/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Exile==
Born in [Paysandú](/source/Paysand%C3%BA), [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay) on July 26, 1934, Gargano went into exile in [Spain](/source/Spain) in 1974 following a [coup d'état](/source/1973_Uruguayan_coup_d'%C3%A9tat). He returned to Uruguay several years later.

==Foreign Minister of Uruguay==
He served as the [Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Relations_(Uruguay))<ref name=SEA>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311120731/http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=13556 Chileans Rule Out Sea Access Talks with Bolivia]}} Angus Reid Consultants</ref> from March 2005 until March 2008, in the government of the [President of Uruguay](/source/President_of_Uruguay) [Tabaré Vázquez](/source/Tabar%C3%A9_V%C3%A1zquez).

===Relations with Cuba and Venezuela; trade issues===
On 1 November 2004 Gargano said, "Our people will warmly welcome the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Uruguay and [Cuba](/source/Cuba)."<ref name=CUBA>[http://www.cubasource.org/publications/chronicles/coc200411fa_e.asp Chronicle on Cuba - November 2004 Foreign Affairs November 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312092958/http://www.cubasource.org/publications/chronicles/coc200411fa_e.asp |date=2007-03-12 }} Cubasource</ref>

As Foreign Affairs Minister in the first government of the Frente Amplio Gargano favored a stronger integration of Uruguay in the Mercosur, and opposed any free trade agreement with the US on ideological grounds. Gargano  also promoted the close alignment of Uruguay with [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)n President Hugo Chávez and his anti-American "Movimiento Bolivariano" league of nations which include Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Ecuador.

===Arms from Iran controversy===
In 2007 a pressing issue arose for Gargano's Foreign Affairs Ministry, when the loading of Iranian arms onto a [Uruguayan Navy](/source/Uruguayan_Navy) vessel visiting [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), in contravention of a [UN](/source/UN)-sponsored arms embargo provoked international comment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2007/oct/12/uruguay-caught-buying-iran-arms/ |title=Uruguay caught buying Iranian arms |date=October 12, 2007 |work=[The Washington Times](/source/The_Washington_Times)|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>

===Resignation===
Gargano resigned from the Government of President [Tabaré Vázquez](/source/Tabar%C3%A9_V%C3%A1zquez) in March 2008. He was succeeded as Foreign Minister by [Gonzalo Fernández](/source/Gonzalo_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(Uruguayan_politician)).

==Death==
Gargano died on February 5, 2013, in [Montevideo](/source/Montevideo) at the age of 79 after months of heart problems. He is buried at [Parque del Recuerdo](/source/Parque_del_Recuerdo_(Uruguay)) cemetery.<ref name=Death/>

==See also==
* [Politics of Uruguay](/source/Politics_of_Uruguay)
* [Tabaré Vázquez#Arms from Iran controversy](/source/Tabar%C3%A9_V%C3%A1zquez)

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Category:1934 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:People from Paysandú
Category:Members of the Senate of Uruguay
Category:Ministers of foreign relations of Uruguay
Category:Uruguayan people of Italian descent
Category:Socialist Party of Uruguay politicians
Category:Burials at Parque del Recuerdo (Uruguay)

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