Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo (21 August 1936 – 4 September 1998) was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Santiago del Estero from 1992 until his death in a suspicious car accident in 1998.
[8] On a visit to the Vatican in 1994, he told Pope John Paul that "not only are there poor people in Argentina, but that in many provinces, such as Santiago del Estero, poverty is not something circumstantial but is encouraged by power".
Though he routinely received threats he continued to denounce the dominant local political boss Carlos Juarez for his "feudal" style and his attempts to "impose the culture of fear".
[1] Sueldo was severely injured in a car accident in San Marcos, a few miles from Santiago del Estero, before dawn on 4 September 1998, as he returned from the installation of Mario Cargnello as coadjutor archbishop in Salta.
[2][9] A representative of Argentine president Menem, whose policies Sueldo had opposed, attended his funeral and dismissed the idea that his death was the result of an attack.