Venancio Flores

Venancio Flores

Venancio Flores Barrios (born May 18, 1808 in Trinidad , Uruguay , † February 19, 1868 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan general and politician.

In 1853, Flores joined the military uprising against President Giró in Uruguay and became president himself in 1854. But already in 1855 he was driven out again.

In 1858, Flores had to flee to Buenos Aires , where he entered the service of Argentina as brigadier general . He managed to win President Bartolomé Miter to interfere in the affairs of Uruguay. He landed in April 1863, secretly supported by Miter, with only 30 men at Colonia del Sacramento and then advanced against Montevideo. Here he also received the support of Brazil against the ruling President Aguirre . Flores took La Florida and Salto , stormed Paysandú and finally advanced into Montevideo, where he was proclaimed provisional president.

Flores concluded a triple alliance with Argentina and Brazil against the dictator Francisco Solano López in Paraguay . In the Triple Alliance War , he took command of the vanguard of the allied troops. In the following fights he was able to distinguish himself several times, but had to return to Montevideo in September 1866 after heavy losses.

Flores then took care of the internal affairs of the country and tried to bring about a reconciliation with his internal political opponents. However, he did not succeed. Following a conspiracy , Venancio Flores was murdered in Montevideo on February 19, 1868, four days after the end of his last term in office.

See also

• History of Uruguay

Web links

Commons : Venancio Flores  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography (spanish)

predecessor	Office	successor
Juan Francisco Giró	President of Uruguay September 25, 1853-10. September 1855	Manuel Basilio Bustamante

predecessor	Office	successor
Tomás Villalba	President of Uruguay February 20, 1865–15. February 1868	Pedro Varela