486:» And then both shook hands with effusion. By the election period, the first two days of voting favored Lainfiesta. But by the third day, a huge column of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán Indigenous people came down from the mountains to vote for general Reyna Barrios. The official agents did their job: Reyna was elected president and, not to offend the losing candidates, Barillas gave them checks to cover the costs of their presidential campaigns. Reyna Barrios, of course, received nothing, but he went on to become President on March 15, 1892.
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during the early morning of May 22, 1898. Despite being his passing expected by his fellow
Guatemalans -since he had been visibly ill for a while-, there was deep sadness in the capital city. There were large demonstrations at his funeral, and government officials praised him in the local newspapers.
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Aycinena family that worked closely to him, and was one of their harshest critics; in spite of it, Carrera esteemed Montúfar deeply and, even though he always had Montufar at hand, never did him any harm. After Carrera rule got reinforced in 1854, Montúfar left Guatemala for Costa Rica, he
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General
Barillas: if luck would favor me with the election victory, my government will be based on strict adherence to the Constitution; the law would be the law and anyone who has acquired some responsibility, will have to answer for it before the relevant courts. A firm and righteous compliance
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Barillas
Bercian was unique among all liberal presidents of Guatemala between 1871 and 1944: he handed over power to his successor peacefully. When election time approached, he sent for the three Liberal candidates to ask them what their government plan would be. The following anecdote recounts
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First arrived lawyer
Francisco Lainfiesta, and General Barillas, with the friendliest of smiles, said: «Mr. Lainfiesta: you are one of the candidates in the upcoming elections and perhaps the more likely to win. Therefore, I would like to know what your attitude and your political system of
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Towards the end of his life, but with all of his will and power still intact, he ran for office in the 1892 presidential elections. It was the first election in
Guatemala that allowed the candidates to make propaganda in the local newspapers. The candidates who ran for office were
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was
Magistrate, Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1856 to 1857 and from 1870 to 1873, and vice-chancellor of the University of Saint Thomas, where he taught international law and other subjects. He also held the position of Minister of Costa Rica in Great Britain.
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Barillas then brought in Dr. Montúfar and interrogated him in the same or similar way as he had done Mr. Lainfiesta. Dr. Montúfar responded in similar terms as
Lainfiesta, stressing his claims to obedience of the Constitution and strict enforcement.
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started his term in office in 1873. Eloquent orator and debater, was then
Ambassador of Guatemala in Madrid and participated in the legislature that wrote the Constitution of 1879, in which he had outstanding participation.
583:"For our work in politics to be solid and durable, we need to build it accurately from its foundations up, so that it can stand on the virtue of its own forces against the false ambitions of personal interests. "
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government will be, if you get to win. Especially, I would like to know your attitude about my person; because I have made my mistakes, I do not deny it. I was a simple worker at my carpentry when
General
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on January 26, 1851, to Maria de Jesus Madriz Enriquez, the daughter of Juan de los Santos Madriz y Cervantes and Paulina Enríquez Díaz Cabeza de Baca. He graduated as a lawyer from the
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sent for me to be appointed second presidential designate. I would therefore, Mr. Lainfiesta, know what conduct you will observe towards me." Mr. Lainfiesta said: «
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He was the only one of all candidates who made an engraving of his portrait to publish it in the newspapers and was accused of wasting resources for doing this.
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We should not even talk about that, general; because you and I are the same. Rest assured that I will know how to respect and protect you.
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came in; when in the midst of pleasant conversation, General Barillas repeated his question, and Reyna replied, with a sincere smile: «
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Enríquez had been a liberal, but became a conservative after the persecution that he suffered from the Barillas administration.
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Montúfar y Rivera was the son of Rafael Montúfar y Coronado and Maria del Rosario Rivera. He was married in
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were leading members of the Conservative Party in Guatemala and had reinforced their power since the
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in 1856 and from 1870 to 1873, and President of University of Saint Thomas, also in Costa Rica.
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Member of the Liberal Party, Montúfar had a deep aversion towards then Guatemalan President
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Doctor Montúfar monument celebrating his birthday centennial; built by Guatemalan sculptor
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and, towards the end of his life, was a presidential candidate himself losing to general
923:"Doctor don Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera, Ministro plenipotenciario de Guatemala en Madrid"
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884:(in Spanish) (2nd ed.). México: Fondo de la Cultura de la Universidad de México.
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Montúfar y Rivera in 1876 when he was Minister Plenipotentiary of Guatemala in Madrid
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with the constitutional provisions shall be the standard of my conduct as president
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Enrique Gómez Carrillo: estudio crítico-biográfico; su vida, su obra y su época
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In politics he was characterized by his liberal ideology and his extreme
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Owner of vast culture, Montufar was corresponding member of the
942:(in Spanish) (2nd. ed.). Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional.
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Vice-chancellor of University of Saint Thomas, Costa Rica
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291:Pontifica Universidad de San Carlos Borromeo
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498:At last the glorious Lean back against ...
889:Fernández Alfaro, Joaquin Alberto (2014).
204:Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica
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909:(1959). "El capitulo de las efemerides".
859:"Vida y obra de José María Reyna Barrios"
399:Published his government proposal in the
110:diplomat, writer, legislature, journalist
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523:erected a monument to his memory at the
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316:of 1871, he returned to Guatemala when
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447:Medical staff of President Barillas.
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1023:Guatemalan people of Spanish descent
919:La Ilustración Española y Americana
273:. He was also Foreign Secretary of
554:"Autobiographical Memories'. 1893
16:Costa Rican politician (1823–1898)
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541:Royal Spanish Academy of Language
267:Universidad Nacional de Guatemala
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1018:Politicians from Guatemala City
502:Germina and deep groove »
1048:Foreign ministers of Guatemala
1038:19th-century Guatemalan people
893:(in Spanish) (1st. ed.).
864:Francisco Marroquín University
153:Maria de Jesus Madriz Enríquez
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938:Mendoza, Juan Manuel (1946).
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880:De los Ríos, Efraín (1948).
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409:José María Reyna Barrios
401:Diario de Centro America
271:José María Reyna Barrios
867:(in Spanish). Guatemala
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693:Hernández de León 1959
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287:San José, Costa Rica
263:Justo Rufino Barrios
243:Justo Rufino Barrios
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