Mariano Paredes (politician)

Mariano Paredes

Mariano Paredes (* 1800 ; † 1856 ) was Guatemalan President from January 18 to November 6, 1849 .

Life

Paredes belonged to the Montañeses , the guerrillas of José Rafael Carrera Turcios before he became president.

Paredes was advised by Luis Batres, a member of the Partido Conservador . José Rafael Carrera Turcios was in exile in Chiapas during Paredes' tenure .

On January 3, 1849, Manuel Tejada was President of Guatemala.

Paredes put down a revolt of the brothers Vicente and Serapio Cruz, who wanted to power with the slogan of a Free Los Altos , in early 1849, which is why the parliament elected him president.

In public speeches Paredes refused to allow Carrera to return, but privately forgave him. On January 24, 1849, Carrera announced that it would restore peace and order to Guatemala. The Partido Liberal tried to prevent Carrera from returning. However, the government of Paredes failed and the troops of Carrera were able to take Quetzaltenango in early April 1849 . On April 13, the Paredes government had a peace agreement with Carrera. Paredes remained president and Carrera became commander in chief of the forces in Guatemala. His regulatory policy was a death threat for the functionaries of the Partido Liberal if they did not go into exile.

From May 5, 1849 to May 12, 1849, Guatemala was ruled by a triumvirate made up of Juan Matheu, Manuel de Cerezo and Francisco Cáscara. Mariano Paredes was President of Guatemala from May 12, 1849 to November 6, 1849.

On June 5, 1849, President Paredes withdrew the decree of October 13, 1848, with which Carrera had been forbidden to return to Guatemala on pain of death.

Carrera had a rebellion put down in Montaña, penetrated into El Salvador and then became president of Guatemala again. Under Carrera Paredes was again commander in chief of the troops and participated as such in the expulsion of the Filibustero pirates from William Walker .

Individual evidence

1. ^ University of San Diego, Elections and Events 1831-1859 ( Memento June 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Leslie Bethell, Central America since independence , CUP Archive, 1991, 366 SS 21
3. ↑ en: Hubert Howe Bancroft , HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA | content | c 5 p.79-107 | c 8 p.145-164 | c12 p.238-263 | c 13 p.264-284 | c 14 p.285-308 | c17 p.347-370 | c18 p.371-391 | c19 p.392-412 , THE HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS SAN FRANCISCO, 1887 page 277
4. ↑ Ingersoll, Hazel Marylyn Bennett. 1972. The war of the mountain, a study of reactionary peasant insurgency in Guatemala, 1837-1873. Washington, DC: The George Washington University. Unpublished dissertation. page 325, according to University of San Diego

predecessor	Office	successor
José Bernardo Escobar Triumvirate: Juan Matheu, Manuel de Cerezo, Francisco Cáscara	President of Guatemala January 18, 1849–5. May 1849 May 12, 1849–6. November 1849	Triumvirate: Juan Matheu, Manuel de Cerezo, Francisco Cáscara José Rafael Carrera Turcios