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Palacios, faced with closing the Convictorio if funding continued to decrease, protested to Captain General
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Minister Gálvez or displeasing His Majesty, Benavides decided to convene an executive panel. This panel decided to maintain the revenues of the Convictorio. Thus, it continued to operate.
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