What is Alejandro Orfila?
[[Image:Alejandro Orfila (cropped) - NARA.jpg|thumb|200px|In 1977]] '''Alejandro Orfila''' (9 March 1925 &ndash; 9 June 2021) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] politician and winemaker.<ref>[http://www.orfila.com/ambassador-orfila.html Bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031082203/http://www.orfila.com/ambassador-orfila.html |date=31 October 2010 }} retrieved 14 Aug 2010</ref> He was born in [[Mendoza, Argentina]]. He was the [[Secretary General of the Organization of American States]] from 1975 to 1984 replacing [[Galo Plaza]], an [[President of Ecuador|Ecuadorian President]]. He was an active figure in [[United States]] foreign policies dealing with [[South American]]. He was a key figure in the [[Panama Canal Treaty]] formation. He was present when President [[Jimmy Carter]] signed the treaty in 1977. He worked with Carter to fight [[human rights]] abuses in the continent. When [[Ronald Reagan]] became president, his influence decreased with Reagan and [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations|U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations]] [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] criticizing the Organization of American States. In 1984, he was replaced with Brazilian diplomat [[João Clemente Baena Soares]]. Orfila died on 9 June 2021 in [[San Diego, California]] at the age of 96.<ref>[https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/obituaries/story/2021-06-25/obituary-1925-2021-argentine-diplomat-and-san-diego-winemaker-alejandro-orfila-dead-at-96 Obituary: 1925–2021: Argentine diplomat and San Diego winemaker Alejandro Orfila dead at 96]</ref><ref>[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/alejandro-orfila-obituary?pid=199199357 Alejandro Orfila obituary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Orfila, Alejandro}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Argentine diplomats]] [[Category:Argentine human rights activists]] [[Category:Argentine politicians]] [[Category:Secretaries General of the Organization of American States]] [[Category:People from Mendoza]] {{bio-stub}}