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Venancio Flores Barrios (18 May, 1808 – 19 February, 1868) was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 (interim) and from 1865 to 1868.

First Presidency of Uruguay (interim)
He served as interim President of Uruguay and remained in power until 1855, after which he moved to Argentina.

Civil war role
In 1863, he started a rebellion against the Blanco president Bernardo Berro
Bernardo Berro

Bernardo Prudencio Berro was the List of Presidents of Uruguay from 1860 to 1864.BackgroundBerro was a member of the National Party ....
, which led to civil war in Uruguay.






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Venancio Flores Barrios (18 May, 1808 – 19 February, 1868) was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 (interim) and from 1865 to 1868.

Background and early career


In 1839, he was made political chief of the department of San José. He fought in the "Guerra Grande" against Manuel Oribe
Manuel Oribe

Manuel Oribe was a Uruguayan political figure....
 and his Argentinian backers. He became a leading figure in the Colorado party and formed a triumvirate with Fructuoso Rivera
Fructuoso Rivera

File:Fructuoso Rivera.jpgJos? Fructuoso Rivera was an Uruguayan general and patriot who assisted in the efforts to force Brazilians out of the Banda Oriental....
 and Juan Antonio Lavalleja
Juan Antonio Lavalleja

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 in 1853.

First Presidency of Uruguay (interim)


He served as interim President of Uruguay and remained in power until 1855, after which he moved to Argentina.

Civil war role


In 1863, he started a rebellion against the Blanco president Bernardo Berro
Bernardo Berro

Bernardo Prudencio Berro was the List of Presidents of Uruguay from 1860 to 1864.BackgroundBerro was a member of the National Party ....
, which led to civil war in Uruguay. With Argentinian and Brazilian help, by February, 1865 he had taken Montevideo.

Second Presidency of Uruguay


He established a provisional government, a term used to disguise his personal dictatorship. Although the Uruguayan Colorado Party has the reputation of being progressive and democratic, Flores and other Colorado Party leaders of the 19th century, and many prominent 20th century Colorado leaders, collectively demonstrated by their actions that they were comfortable with rule by decree, with power not unusually concentrated in very few people. The tendency of some observers to describe Latin American heads of state who ruled by decree as 'de facto
De facto

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' Presidents may be seen in this light. During his rule, Flores joined Brazil
Brazil

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 and Argentina
Argentina

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 in the devastating War of the Triple Alliance
War of the Triple Alliance

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 against Paraguay
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.

Flores's dictatorship ended on February 15, 1868.

Assassination

Four days after stepping down as President, he was murdered by a group of unidentified assassins. But although Flores' killers were not formally identified, it may be added that as a background to his assassination is the intermittent Uruguayan civil war which continued throughout much of the 19th century between Colorados and Blancos.

See also

  • History of Uruguay
    History of Uruguay

    This is about the history of Uruguay. See also the History of South America....