Lorenzo Latorre

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Lorenzo Latorre

Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio Latorre Jampen (born July 28, 1844 in Montevideo , † January 18, 1916 in Buenos Aires ) was a Uruguayan politician and military .

Life

Colonel Latorre, who belonged to the Partido Colorado , was initially Minister of War under José Eugenio Ellauri . In 1875 he seized power in Uruguay himself. At the end of 1875 he survived the Tricolor Revolution . Between March 10, 1876 and February 14, 1879 he was Gobernador provisional . Under his leadership, a reorganization of the judiciary took place, which was linked to the progressive establishment of constitutional structures in Uruguay, which was already linked to the Código Ruralhad started. In addition, at the time of his dictatorship, the fencing of all pasture land was ordered, combined with a stipulation of the ownership structure that had developed in an unlawful area until then. In addition to the deprivation of livelihoods for the gauchos, this also resulted in the owners of the smaller land areas known as mini - foundations losing their land holdings. He also promoted the development of the country's education system together with José Pedro Varela during his reign .

From March 1, 1879 to March 13, 1880 he was officially President of Uruguay . After resigning, he declared that his people were ungovernable and emigrated to neighboring Argentina. Decades after his death, his remains were transferred to the national cemetery in his home country in 1975.

Others

The person of Latorre was also used in the works of Karl May .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uruguay: Heads of State: 1830-1919 at archontology.org , accessed January 26, 2014
  2. ^ The rule of law in Paraguay and Uruguay: Diagnosis - comparison - attempted explanation by Dietmar Klumpp
  3. ↑ Sport and Society in Uruguay by Bernd Schulze , p.6f , accessed on January 26, 2014
  4. ↑ History by Peter Stross on uruguay-relocation.com ( Memento from July 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ The website of the Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay expects the term of office to end on March 13, 1880 ( Memento of February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Uruguay: Heads of State: 1830-1919 on archontology.org assumes March 15, 1880 as the end date.
  7. ↑ data on worldstatesmen.org; March 16, 1880 is mentioned there.
  8. ↑ Uruguay-Militarism, 1875-90 MODERN URUGUAY, 1875-1903 on mongabay.com (English)
  9. ↑ Modern Uruguay 1873-1903 on countrystudies.us
  10. ↑ Between the Rio de la Plata and the Cordilleras. On the historical background of May's South America novels by Eckehard Koch
predecessor Office successor
José Eugenio Ellauri President of Uruguay
March 1, 1879 to March 13, 1880 		Francisco Antonino Vidal
personal data
SURNAME Latorre, Lorenzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Latorre Jampen, Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION President of Uruguay
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1916
Place of death Buenos Aires