Luis María Drago ( - ) was an Argentine politician. Born into a distinguished Argentine family in Buenos Aires, Drago began his career as a newspaper editor. Later, he served as a minister of foreign affairs (1902). At that time, when the UK, Germany, and Italy were seeking to collect the public debt of Venezuela by force, he wrote to the Argentine minister in Washington setting forth his doctrine, commonly known as the Drago Doctrine. External links Columbia Encyclopedia article on Luis María Drago Encyclopedia.com article on Luis María Drago 1859 births 1921 deaths People from Buenos Aires Argentine journalists Male journalists Foreign ministers of Argentina Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery