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Batlle Family
The Batlle family is a prominent Uruguayan political family. In addition to different government positions, four members of the family have served as President of Uruguay between the 19th and 21st centuries. The family is associated with the Colorado Party, giving its name to one of its main factions, Batllism. History The Batlle family originated in the town of Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The Uruguayan family branch is descended from Josep Batlle i Carreó, who migrated from Sitges to Montevideo in 1800. In Uruguay he set up a mill and became a flour and wheat merchant, and during the emancipation struggles of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, he participated in the defense of Montevideo from the English invasion, in support of the metropolis. Batlle i Carréo had three wives and nine children throughout his life. In 1814, he went into exile with his children, when the Spanish withdrew from Montevideo and his property was confiscated. They settled in Barcelona but in 1833 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Batlle Y Grau
Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y Grau (August 10, 1810 in Montevideo – May 8, 1887 in Montevideo) was the president of Uruguay from 1868 to 1872. Family background and early career He was the son of a wealthy merchant loyal to the Spanish crown. Lorenzo Batlle's son José Batlle y Ordóñez, nephew Luis Batlle Berres and grand-nephew Jorge Batlle Ibáñez would also serve as presidents of Uruguay. Lorenzo Batlle was a military officer and one of the distinguished members of the Colorado Party. He served as Minister of War three times (1847-1851, 1853-1854 and 1865-1868). :es:Lorenzo Batlle He was Minister of Finance from 1856 to 1857. In March 1868 interim President Pedro Varela stepped down from the Presidency. President of Uruguay He was elected President of Uruguay, serving from 1868 to 1872. His presidency failed because of a pre-existing monetary crisis. His attempts to control the country failed and, as a result, a civil war and military uprising erupted, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguayan Civil War
The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish language, Spanish as the ''Guerra Grande'' ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence. While officially the war lasted from 1839 until 1851, it was a part of armed conflicts that started in 1832 and continued until the final military defeat of the ''Blancos'' faction in 1904. Out of supporters of presidents Fructuoso Rivera, Rivera and Manuel Oribe, Oribe grew the Colorado Party (Uruguay), Colorado Party and the National Party (Uruguay), National Party, both of which received backing and support from foreign sources, including neighboring Empire of Brazil, the Argentine Confederation, Buenos Aires Province as well as European powers, primarily the British Empire and the July Monarchy, Kingdom of France, but also a legion of Redshirts (Italy), Italian volunteers including Giuseppe Garibaldi. The great diversity of nationalities among the military forces supporting the Colorado Party pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Uruguay
The president of Uruguay ( es, Presidente del Uruguay), officially known as the president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (), is the head of state and head of government of Uruguay. Their rights are determined in the Constitution of Uruguay. Along with the Secretariat of the Presidency, the Council of Ministers and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the President is part of the executive branch. In case of absence, their office is exercised by the vice president. In turn, the president of the republic is the commander in chief of the Armed Forces. Since 1990, the president's term has begun and ended on 1 March. This same date for ending the presidency also happened during the National Council of Government (1952–1967) and it has been not unusual since 1839. The current president since 1 March 2020 is Luis Lacalle Pou, who is the 42nd president of Uruguay—and also the child of the 36th president, Luis Alberto Lacalle. Features of the office Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Batlle
Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez (; ''Batlle'' locally or ; 25 October 1927 – 24 October 2016) was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, and a member of the Colorado Party. He served as the President of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005. Dr. Jorge Batlle became Uruguayan president on 1 March 2000, after having been elected the previous year by popular vote. He was the fourth Uruguayan President belonging to the Batlle family, one of whom was his own father, Luis Batlle Berres. A name that is closely related to the political history of the country, Batlle began his political career in the 1950s and had served as member of the Uruguayan Congress for the Colorado Party, to which many members of his own family – which came to the River Plate from the Catalan coast at Sitges, Spain, 200 years ago – had belonged before him. Early life Batlle was born in 1927, son of Luis Batlle Berres and Matilde Ibáñez Tálice. He has two siblings, Luis (d. May 25, 2016) and Matilde. His an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilde Ibáñez Tálice
Matilde Ibáñez Tálice (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3 March 1907 – Montevideo, 4 September 2002) was a First Lady of Uruguay from 1947 until 1951 as the wife of former President Luis Batlle Berres. Ibáñez is also the mother of Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, who served as president from 2000 until 2005. Born in Argentina to León Ibáñez Saavedra (Argentine, relative of Cornelio Saavedra) and Elvira Tálice Parodi (Uruguayan). In 1926 she married the young politician Luis Batlle Berres Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres (26 November 1897 – 15 July 1964) was a Uruguayan political figure. Background Batlle Berres was a journalist and prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He was selected — in hindsight, with far- ..., they had three children: Jorge (future President of Uruguay), Luis and Matilde. During the dictatorship of Gabriel Terra, the Batlle-Ibáñez family had to go to exile in Argentina. In 1947, her husband assumed as Vice President of Uruguay; the early de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Berreta
Tomás Berreta Gandolfo (November 22, 1875 – August 2, 1947) was the President of Uruguay for five months in 1947. Background Having been an activist in the Uruguayan Colorado Party since 1896, for a number of years he was active in local politics and served as Intendent of Canelones in the early part of the 20th century. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1943. He later served in the government of President Juan José de Amézaga. Berreta was thus a prominent, elderly member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which had ruled the country for long periods, when he stood for election as President, with a view to succeeding the sitting President of Uruguay, Juan José de Amézaga, who was younger than he by several years. President of Uruguay March 1947 inauguration Berreta was inaugurated as President of Uruguay on 1 March 1947. A longstanding military man by profession, President Berreta was notably responsible for founding the ''Liceo Militar General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Uruguayan General Election
General elections were held in Uruguay on 24 November 1946, alongside a constitutional referendum.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p494 The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election, in which the Tomás Berreta faction emerged as the largest. Berreta subsequently became President on 1 March 1947. Results President Results Chamber of Deputies Senate References External linksPolitics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School – Universidad de la República (Uruguay) Elections in Uruguay Uruguay General Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ... Election and referendum articles with incomplete r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Uruguayans
Irish Uruguayans are Uruguayan people with Irish ancestry. The estimated number of Irish inhabitants in Uruguay and or Uruguayans with Irish ancestry is 120,000, with most of them living in the capital of Montevideo. History Many Irish people migrated to Uruguay starting in the 1700s, and especially during the 19th century, arriving in neighboring Argentina as well. In 1762, Irish captain John McNamara led a British force to occupy Colonia del Sacramento, previously a Portuguese or Spanish stronghold. It failed, but in February 1807, Brigadier-General Samuel Auchmuty occupied Montevideo with a British and Irish force and ruled in the city for seven months, during which a mass of merchants from Britain and Ireland arrived in the city and would contribute to its emerging cultural identity. Irish soldier Peter Campbell (1780-c1832) of the 71st regiment remained on the River Plate and later founded the Uruguayan navy, becoming deputy governor of Corrientes province. At the pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Batlle Berres
Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres (26 November 1897 – 15 July 1964) was a Uruguayan political figure. Background Batlle Berres was a journalist and prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He was selected — in hindsight, with far-reaching effect — to serve as vice presidential running-mate for Luis Tomás Berreta. Vice President of Uruguay He served as Vice President of Uruguay in 1947, succeeding Alberto Guani and held this office upon the death of President Berreta. Historical note Batlle Berres was the fourth person to hold the office of Vice President of Uruguay. The office dates from 1934, when Alfredo Navarro became Uruguay's first Vice President. He served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay from 1943 to 1945. President of Uruguay (1st period of office) He was President of Uruguay from 1947 to 1951, being succeeded in the office by Andrés Martínez Trueba. Various reforms were introduced during the Batlle Berres presidency. A law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Día (Uruguay)
''El Día'' is an influential Uruguayan daily newspaper. It was established in 1886 by the prominent Colorado politician José Batlle y Ordóñez. Many of the most important Uruguayan politicians and journalists wrote in its pages: Luis Batlle Berres, Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco, Manuel Flores Mora, Manuel Flores Silva, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Julio María Sanguinetti, Enrique Tarigo, Rodolfo Fattoruso, Alberto Scavarelli, Dora Isella Russell, Rafael Franzini-Batlle, Miguel A. Semino, Mario C. Fernández, Adolfo Castells Mendívil, Daniel Orzuj, Leonardo Guzmán, Horacio Ferrer, Pablo Vierci, etc., as well as the exiled Galician writer Lois Tobío Fernández Lois Tobío Fernández (Viveiro, 13 June 1906 – Madrid, 13 March 2003) was a Galician diplomat, writer, translator and philologist. He was one of the founders of the Seminario de Estudos Galegos The Seminar of Galician Studies ( gl, Seminari .... At the beginning of the 1990s, this newspaper was experiencing serious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco
Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco (4 March 1897 – 3 December 1954) was a Uruguayan political figure and journalist. Background Pacheco was born in Montevideo. He was a journalist on the newspaper '' El Día'' and a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He was a son of Matilde Pacheco and long-serving President of Uruguay José Batlle y Ordóñez. Brother of Rafael and César Batlle Pacheco. Deputy; Senator Batlle Pacheco was elected as a Deputy in 1927. In 1931 he was elected as a Senator, and was subsequently re-elected to the Senate in 1947. Batlle Pacheco died in 1954, while serving as a Senator. See also * Politics of Uruguay The politics of Uruguay abide by a presidential representative democratic republic, under which the President of Uruguay is both the head of state and the head of government, as well as a multiform party system. The president exercises execut ... * List of political families#Uruguay References 1897 births 1954 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Batlle Pacheco
Rafael Batlle Pacheco (1888, Montevideo – 1960) was a Uruguayan journalist. Background He was a journalist on the newspaper '' El Día'' and a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. Although he was never elected to office, his political positions were very influential. He was a son of Matilde Pacheco and long-serving President of Uruguay José Batlle y Ordóñez. He was a brother of Lorenzo and César Batlle Pacheco. See also * Politics of Uruguay The politics of Uruguay abide by a presidential representative democratic republic, under which the President of Uruguay is both the head of state and the head of government, as well as a multiform party system. The president exercises execut ... * List of political families#Uruguay References 1888 births 1960 deaths People from Montevideo Uruguayan people of Catalan descent Uruguayan people of Scottish descent Children of presidents of Uruguay Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians {{Uru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
