▁speech - articles , ▁El ▁fut ur isme , ▁describes ▁Al om ar ' s ▁vision ▁of ▁Spain ' s ▁present ▁condition , ▁its ▁problems , ▁and ▁his ▁ideas ▁for ▁solving ▁them . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁cred ited ▁of ▁invent ing ▁the ▁term ▁fut ur ism , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁partly ▁its ▁ide ology , ▁not ▁the ▁Italian ▁poet ▁Fil ipp o ▁T omm aso ▁Mar in etti , ▁this ▁discovery ▁being ▁out lined ▁by ▁authors ▁with ▁the ▁stat ure ▁of ▁Nic ar agu an ▁modern ist ▁poet ▁Rub én ▁Dar ío ▁and ▁Chile an ▁avant - gar de ▁poet ▁Vic ente ▁H uid ob ro . ▁In ▁ess ence , ▁Al om ar ▁believed ▁that ▁Spain ▁was ▁add icted ▁to ▁its ▁own ▁past , ▁that ▁it ▁preferred ▁to ▁maintain ▁a ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁reg ener ation ▁of ▁I ber ia ' s ▁imperial ▁past ▁rather ▁than ▁turn ▁about ▁and ▁face ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century . ▁ ▁For ▁Al om ar , ▁the ▁future ▁was ▁far ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁the ▁past , ▁and ▁so ▁this ▁add iction ▁was ▁Spain ' s ▁main ▁problem . ▁Thus ▁the ▁name . ▁ ▁Diplom at ▁Gabriel ▁Al om ar ▁was ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Amb assador ▁to ▁Italy ▁( 1 9 3 2 – 3 4 ) ▁and ▁Egypt ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Civil ▁War ▁but ▁remained ▁in ▁Egypt ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁C airo ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁ ▁In flu ence ▁Gabriel ▁Al om ar