Juan Cadiz My research paper is about my uncle, Juan Cadiz. He was an Argentinean who lived his life in Bolivia. From a young age, he was forced to overcome problems that he could not control. With the odds against him, he did and even ran for mayor of his small town later in his life. His attempts to fix his poor town caused great stress and tension in his household. The stress of his job is said to have caused his untimely death. Bolivia itself has a long history that led to the poor conditions the country is in now. Juan Cadiz was a man who did the best he could with what little he had. Most of Juan Cadiz’s life is a mystery. His life is mostly remembered by his two living siblings and his family. Juan was born on May 13, 1955 in Argentina…show more content… Then the three of them moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina. At a young age, he lost an eye because of glass shards falling into his eye and lack of medical help. He was forced to use a glass eye and sunglasses for the rest of his life. In an attempt to get away from his problems, Vidal moved away. He left to study electrical engineering. At the age of 19, Juan began to have other medical problems. He began to faint a lot and was eventually told by his doctors that he had epilepsy. Since epilepsy has no cure, their recommendation was he move to a calm environment to help stabilize his problems. So they moved to Oruro, Bolivia, the place where he would live for the rest of his life. For the next few years, Juan would continue to have health problems. According to my aunt, there was even a time when he was unable to…show more content… “Tin prices plummeted to a fraction of production costs in 1985,” (Gall, Gleason, 72). Bolivia faced a severe economic crisis. With a foreign debt of about three billion. The tin market collapsed on 1985 with inflation reaching nearly 24,000 percent. This was the more likely reason why Juan Cadiz decided to quit his job and get into politics. In 1997, he was chosen by Edgar Bazan, the mayor of Oruro, Bolivia, to be the municipal mayor (Erbol, “Reemplazaron A Intendente Municipal De Oruro”). Bazan described the job as being “very delicate.” Erbol, a local newspaper, stated that Cadiz was given the task to transform the municipal and change its deteriorating image. Bazan is currently the mayor of Oruro, Bolivia. He started his fourth term on June
