Patricio Rivas

Patricio Rivas (* around 1810 in Rivas (Nicaragua) ; † July 12, 1867 in León , Nicaragua) was a lawyer and held the office of Supremo Director ( Head of State) of Nicaragua from August 27, 1840 to March 31, 1841. During the civil war that broke out in 1855, he was head of one of the rival governments until 1857.

Life

Patricio Rivas was a member of the Partido Legitimista . From June 30 to July 27, 1839 he was appointed to the Dirección Suprema del Estado de Nicaragua (government cabinet ). In 1840 he was elected Supremo Director .

In 1855 he was used by William Walker , like a puppet, as Supremo Director . The background was a "peace treaty" between Ponciano Corral Acosta of the Partido Legitimista (Conservador) and Walker, which had been engaged by the Partido Democrático (Liberal). This “peace treaty” was rejected by the President José María Estrada of the Partido Legitimista . At the beginning of his tenure, Patricio Rivas was supported by Walker.

Juan Rafael Mora Porras , the President of Costa Rica , spoke out against the use of filibusters in the Nicaraguan civil war. In early 1856 the government of Patricio Rivas declared war on Costa Rica and the troops from Costa Rica defeated the filibustiers in the Battle of Santa Rosa and the Second Battle of Rivas.

The presidential candidates were: Rivas, Máximo Jerez Tellería and Trinidad Salazar. None received an absolute majority and it appeared that Congress would appoint Jerez president. But Walker wanted a new election. On May 20, 1856, the Walker regime was recognized by US President Franklin Pierce . Patricio Rivas withdrew from the tutelage of filibustiers and moved the seat of government from Granada to León (Nicaragua) , where William Walker followed him in June 1856 with his special cordiality. Whereupon Patricio Rivas moved his seat of government to Chinandega and passed a law on holding elections. Whereupon Walker announced in Granada the removal of Patricio Rivas and replaced him with Fermín Ferrer.

On June 25, 1856, Patricio Rivas declared William Walker "the traitor and enemy of Nicaragua" by law. Rivas held his government in the west of the country, where a little later the troops from Guatemala and El Salvador came, which attacked the filibustiers in Granada and Massaya. The troops from Costa Rica threw the filibustiers out of the basin of the Río San Juan . Walker capitulated on May 1, 1857. On June 24, 1857, the Duumvirate of Tomás Martínez Guerrero and Máximo Jerez Tellería took power. They ended the government of Patricio Rivas.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ministerio de Educación: Gobernantes de Nicaragua
2. ↑ La Prensa October 29, 2007 Cementerio de Guadalupe desentierro histórico de León
3. ↑ El Nuevo Diario September 18, 2003 La Guerra Nacional ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ New York Times , December 2, 1856: NICARAGUA Reply to the Official Letter of Don Fermin Ferrer, Minister from Nicaragua .

predecessor	Office	successor
Evaristo Rocha	President of Nicaragua June 1839 – July 1839	Joaquín de Cosio
Tomás Valladares	President of Nicaragua September 1840 – March 1841	Pablo Buitrago
Nazario Escoto or José María Estrada	President by the grace of Walker October 30, 1855–24. June 1857	Máximo Jerez Tellería in the Duumvirate with Tomás Martínez Guerrero