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Abstract

There are lives that seem like something out of a film or could inspire a literary work. There are lives that go almost unnoticed and others that take centre stage. In this sense, the life of Carlos Cuarteroni could be described as extraordinary. A defender of men, sensitive and religious, he was everything from a ship's captain to a priest. He lived intensely thousands of kilometres from his native Cadiz, sailing the seas with his brothers and performing feats befitting a person who was as ambitious as he was in his pursuit of justice. He did not tolerate slavery, he could not stand the abuses of the powerful, whether European or native... A fervent Catholic and friend of popes, he served the universal church even though he did not fully connect with it. He made no distinction between religions and believed firmly in the education of the people.