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Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza (24 February 1928 - December 31, 2006) was a prominent Dominican lawyer, Diplomat and poet. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican republic to Adolfo Ariza-Ariza and Concepcion Mendoza. Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza III graduated from the school "La Normal" in Gazcue and Graduated as a Lawyer from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). During his life he wrote extensively about the oppression suffered by dominican workers and defended the laws and properties of farmers most of the time at no charge, publishing some of his works through local newspapers or contributing to books on the matter. His father Adolfo Ariza Ariza was a well known statesman who later became part of the opposition of the Trujillo regime , being jailed and detained several times for publicly denouncing the atrocities committed by the dictatorship. Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza was a devoted father to his children, and was known to have been married several times. The Ariza Males were known to be ladies men for their charming techniques with women and their countless affairs and adventures, a trait well known in the Ariza Family, Publicly demonstrated by his cousin Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza
Juan Ariza Mendoza wrote the prologue of the famous dominican comedy book "Don Cibaito en la Capital" by Domingo Rodriguez Creus, which tells the tale of a dominican peasant who went from the countryside to the city and the challenges he faced.
Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza III had 10 children.