El Progreso (Sarmiento)
# El Progreso (Sarmiento)

El Progreso was a radical Chilean newspaper founded by Argentine scholar and writer, Domingo Sarmiento in 1842 during Sarmiento’s exile. Its first publication was printed on November 11.

## Overview

El Progreso was funded by the government of Chile. As a result, Sarmiento utilized El Progreso to argue for Chile to occupy the Strait of Magellan, what is now current-day Punta Arenas. Several of Sarmiento’s most-known quotes were words he published in El Progreso.

## El Facundo

Sarmiento published El Facundo, his most popular work, in increments in El Progreso in May 1845, before Facundo was published as a book in July 1851. The work was originally published in El Progreso under the title: Civilización y Barbarie. Vida de Juan Facundo Quiroga y aspecto físico, costumbres y hábitos de la República Argentina.

El Facundo tells the story of a gaucho, Juan Facundo Quiroga, and his adventures around pastoral Argentina.

