Victoriano Castellanos Cortés
Victoriano Castellanos Cortés (born March 23, 1795 in Santa Rosa de Copán , † December 11, 1862 in Ciudad de Comayagua ) was President of Honduras from February 5, 1862 to December 4, 1862 .
Life
His parents were Luciana Cortés y Tablada and Diego Idefonzo Castellanos. In 1805 he went to the parish priest Pedro Antonio Pineda's school. In 1821 Castellanos was a member of the independence movement from Spain with Father Miguel Antonio Pineda. In 1828 he married Mariana Milla Castejón, the sister of José Santiago Milla, Juan Esteban Milla, General José Antonio Milla and José Justo Milla Pineda .
In 1830 he invested in the Pacificación de Olancho under Juan Ángel Arias . In 1834 he chaired a constituent assembly in Comayagua; he was largely responsible for the legislation in the areas of judicial, administrative, war, and budgetary, censorship law.
Gold mining entrepreneur
In 1840 he imported a hydraulic mill from London for the separation of gold from overburden and installed it in his gold mine in San Andrés. Since Honduras does not yet have a road connection from Omoa to San Andrés, Lempira, the transport is carried out at state expense. On May 16, 1843, he proposed his company as a state bank for foreign business.
On January 5, 1845, he was appointed president of a constituent assembly. He proposes the promotion of Brigadier José Santos Guardiola Bustillo to division general.
Pacto de Pespire
In the municipality of Pespire in the Choluteca department , Victoriano Castellanos Cortés was named mediator between José Santos Guardiola Bustillo and Juan Nepomuceno Fernández Lindo y Zelaya on March 25, 1850 . On February 7, 1860, José Santos Guardiola Bustillo appointed Victoriano Castellanos Cortés as his deputy. Guardiola was shot dead on January 11, 1862 while Victoriano Castellanos Cortés was in Suchitoto El Salvador.
Presidency
On the return journey, Victoriano Castellanos Cortés took over the presidency on February 4, 1862 at the Villa de Guarita, Lempira.
On February 27, 1862, he assembled his government cabinet in Santa Rosa de Copán.
On March 3, 1862, José María Medina, suspected of being the agent of José Rafael Carrera Turcios behind the killing of José Santos Guardiola Bustillo, came from Ciudad de Comayagua to Santa Rosa de Copán and confirmed the presidency of Victoriano Castellanos Cortés as a representative of parliament.
On March 7, 1862, the chairman of the executive, Victoriano Castellanos Cortés, called in Santa Rosa de Copán to a constituent assembly on April 10, 1862, which he had dissolved the parliament en passant .
A music school was founded in Santa Rosa de Copán and a girls' school on March 19, 1862.
On March 25, 1862, President Castellanos signed the Tratado de Paz y Amistad , a military assistance pact with the government of El Salvador under Gerardo Barrios against Guatemala. The government of Castellanos and the government of El Salvador under Gerardo Barrios took out a loan of 10,000 pesos. With the Decreteo No. In 21/1862, coins made of copper, known as macuquinas (hammer minted coins), were introduced. Docking fees in ports based on tonnage and import duties for alcoholic beverages were introduced. The legislative power and the judiciary were forbidden from accepting paid employment in the executive power. Penalties for speculation on the stock market and embezzlement have been decreed. The government auctioned off the property of tax debtors and those who had been disastrous in order to become creditworthy.
The US Ambassador, James Rudolph Partridge, (1823-1884) brought Castellanos on April 22, 1862 a letter from Abraham Lincoln .
On May 4, 1862, a constituent assembly met in Santa Rosa de Copán, chaired by José María Medina.
On May 8, 1862, the Decreteo No. 3/1862 published by the Constituent Assembly of May 7, 1862, which designates Honduras as a republic.
On May 30, 1862, the constituent assembly decided its sessions in Santa Rosa de Copán and from now on met again under the name Congreso Nacional in Ciudad de Comayagua.
On June 15, 1862, Victoriano Castellanos Cortés and his government ventured back to Ciudad de Comayagua.
On June 25, 1862, a judgment was published by an international court of arbitration in a dispute with British citizens who were making claims for damages from the Islas de la Bahía .
On September 5, 1862, Castellanos made a trip to Tegucigalpa .
On October 7, 1862, the Asonada de las Crinolinas (revolt of the hoop skirts ) was suppressed in Tegucigalpa , which was alleged to have a connection with the killing of Guardiola.
Castellanos was visited by the representative of the Nicaraguan government Tomás Martínez Guerrero , Pedro Zeledón Mora, with the proposal of a community of states of the two states.
Castellanos was visited by Victoria (United Kingdom) agent Jorge Benvenuto Mathews.
The "Órgano Oficial" gazette was printed in 20 issues during his reign.
Government cabinet
- Government Minister: Carlos Madrid.
- Finance and War Minister: Francisco Alvarado
On December 4, 1862, Castellanos gave his presidency back to the MP José Francisco Montes Fonseca for health reasons.
He was buried in the cathedral in Ciudad de Comayagua.
Individual evidence
- ↑ This refers to the Pacificación de Olancho 1830, that is, the asymmetrical warfare of the Fiebres against the Legitimistas. The asymmetrical warfare of José María Medina from December 7, 1864 is also called Pacificación de Olancho . see. : José A. Sarmiento, Historia de Olancho 1524-1877 , Editorial Guaymuras, 2006, 393 p., P. 338
- ↑ en: San Andrés, Lempira
- ^ The New York Times , February 26, 1884, SUICIDE OF JAMES R. PARTRIDGE , THE EX-MINISTER TO PERU KILLS HIMSELF AT ALICANTE, SPAIN.
- ^ Es : Pedro Zeledón Mora
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| José Francisco Montes Fonseca |
List of Presidents of Honduras February 5, 1862 - December 4, 1862 |
José Francisco Montes Fonseca |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castellanos Cortés, Victoriano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of Honduras |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Rosa de Copan |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1862 |
| Place of death | Ciudad de Comayagua |