Antonio Pinto Soares

Antonio Pinto Soares

Antonio Luis Pinto Suárez (* 1780 in Porto , Portugal ; † April 6, 1865 in San José , Costa Rica ) was head of state (Jefe de Estado) of Costa Rica from September 11 to 27, 1842 .

Life

His parents were María Custodia Soares and Alexandre Pinto. Antonio Pinto Soares was an overseas merchant and came to Costa Rica around 1810. On April 26, 1813, he married in San José Maria del Rosario Castro Ramírez (1792-1882), the daughter of María de la Trinidad Ramírez y Ulloa and Francisco Castro y Alvarado. 15 children were born from this marriage: José Dolores, Fernando, Mercedes, José Antonio Pinto Castro, Baltazar, Petronila, José Antonio Raimundo, Francisca, Liborio, José Concepción Pinto y Castro, Jesús, Francisco, José, Manuel and Remigio Pinto Castro.

Pinto Soares was a mine owner, had coffee grown and traded. Militarily he held the rank of general and had supreme command of the republican troops at the battle of Ochomogo . He was in command of the Costa Rican Artillery Force. In 1823 he acted as a public prosecutor in a special court against Joaquín de Oreamuno y Muñoz de la Trinidad . He then held the post of deputy commander of the penal militia of Costa Rica. Eventually he was appointed commander in chief of the Costa Rican Army. He also had a prominent position on the part of the government troops in the Guerra de la Liga , after which he resigned from military service. On several occasions he was Alcalde of San José.

head of state

When José Francisco Morazán Quezada , José Rafael Carrera Turcios attacked on March 19, 1840 in Guatemala City , his liberal troops were defeated. The Central American Confederation was militarily at an end and liberal government members from all member states fled to Costa Rica. Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina granted them asylum and entrusted them with government posts. On April 11, 1842, Carrillo was replaced by Morazán as Jefe de Estado .

Parliament named Morazán Jefe de Estado and the unity of Central America was proclaimed. Morazán wanted to occupy Nicaragua and restore the union. To do this, he had 2,000 men raised in Costa Rica and approved 50,000 thalers as tax by parliament. Antonio Pinto Soares was appointed commander in chief of the army and launched a coup on September 11, 1842.

Morazán fled to Cartago, was arrested, brought to San Jose and Colonel Vicente Villaseñor on 15 September 1842 firing squad . From September 11 to September 27, 1842 Antonio Pinto Soares was head of state and then gave this office to José María Alfaro Zamora, who had been elected by the Cabildos of Costa Rica.

During his tenure, diplomatic relations were resumed with the conservative governments of Central America. Juan José Guzmán made him a division general .

process

After his office as Jefe de Estado he was again commander in chief. The government of Juan Rafael Mora Porra accused him of speaking out against it and of having spoken of overthrowing it. A trial was started against him and his son Liborio, which was soon set.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ricardo Fernández Guardia Morazán en Costa Rica , EUNED, 2008, p. 95.
2. ^ Ephraim George Squier , Karl Andree, The States of Central America: in particular Honduras, San Salvador and the Mosquito Coast , published by G. Senf's Buchhandlung, Leipzig , 1865, 275 SS XLII.
3. ↑ Ephraim George Squier, Travels in Central America, Particularly in Nicaragua D. Appleton & co., 1853 p. 446
4. ↑ José de la Riva Agüero, P. PRUVONENA, Memorias y Documentos para la Historia de la Independencia del Perú, y causas del mal éxito que ha tenido ésta ... , Garnier hermanos, 1858, 700 p., P. 668
5. ↑ Jorge Francisco Sáenz Carbonell, Los años del voto directo: Don Francisco María Oreamuno y la Constitución de 1844 , EUNED, 1992, 276 pp., P. 21

Footnotes

1. ^ Es : José Antonio Pinto Castro
2. ^ Es : Vicente Villaseñor

predecessor	Office	successor
José Francisco Morazán Quezada	Presidents of Costa Rica September 11-27, 1842	José María Alfaro Zamora