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voracious reader and was [[Autodidacticism|self-taught]]. He married Guadalupe del Canto, with whom he fathered two children. After the death of his first wife, he married Teresa Flores, who helped him with his political activities.
After a trip to [[Antofagasta]], [[Taltal]] and [[Tocopilla]], Recabarren became aware of the extreme poverty and near-enslavement of the [[Ammonium nitrate|nitrate workers]]. He decided to act. In 1894, he joined the [[Democrat Party (Chile)|Democrat Party of Chile]]. He became an ardent public speaker and founded several organizations and newspapers to foment solidarity among the workers. He initially focussed his political activities on the city of his birth, where he became director and editor of the newspaper ''El Trabajo'' (''Work''). In response to his harsh criticisms of governmental labour policies, he was jailed for eight months. In 1905 he moved with his family to [[Antofagasta]], where he became the publisher of the newspaper ''La Vanguardia'' (''Vanguard'').
== Political career ==
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