In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Barrios.
Venancio Flores
Flores, c. 1865
President of Uruguay
In office 20 February 1865 – 15 February 1868
Preceded by
Tomás Villalba
Succeeded by
Pedro Varela
In office 12 March 1854 – 10 September 1855
Preceded by
1853 Government Triumvirate
Succeeded by
Manuel Basilio Bustamante
Personal details
Born
(1808-05-18)18 May 1808 Trinidad, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Died
19 February 1868(1868-02-19) (aged 59) Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party
Colorado Party
Profession
Military officer; politician
Military service
Allegiance
Uruguay
Branch/service
Uruguayan Army
Battles/wars
Uruguayan War Paraguayan War
Venancio Flores Barrios (18 May 1808 – 19 February 1868) was a Uruguayan political leader and general who served as President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 (interim) and from 1865 to 1868.
VenancioFlores Barrios (18 May 1808 – 19 February 1868) was a Uruguayan political leader and general who served as President of Uruguay from 1854 to...
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attempting to seize and maintain power in turn. The Colorado leader VenancioFlores launched the Liberating Crusade in 1863, an insurrection aimed at toppling...
Bartolomé Mitre and the rebellious Uruguayan colorados led by Gen. VenancioFlores) invaded the Republic of Uruguay in order to overthrow the government...
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historical actions of Colorado caudillos such as Joaquín Suárez or VenancioFlores. Nevertheless, the movement was deeply critical of the Catholic Church...
consisting of Rivera, Lavalleja, and VenancioFlores was established, but Lavalleja died in 1853, Rivera in 1854, and Flores was overthrown in 1855. The government...
ruling triumvirate was created on 25 September 1853 consisting of VenancioFlores, Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Rivera. However, Lavalleja died on 22 October...
instructions were to bolster the Uruguayan government of the pro-Brazilian VenancioFlores, to see how Uruguay might co-operate in the war against Paraguay, and...
elected by the General Assembly. Ousted from office by a coup d'état. 16 VenancioFlores (1808–1868) 25 September 1853 12 March 1854 Colorado — Triumvirate...
Flores (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfloɾes]) is a department of Uruguay, positioned in the southwest of the central part of the country. Its capital is Trinidad...
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deposed President Atanasio Aguirre from office and instated general VenancioFlores in his place. Paraguayan War (1864–1870): Over 200,000 Brazilians fought...
Anaya Manuel Oribe Fructuoso Rivera Joaquín Suárez Juan Francisco Giró VenancioFlores Gabriel Antonio Pereira Bernardo Berro Lorenzo Batlle y Grau José Eugenio...
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas José Eugenio Ellauri Hugo Fernández Faingold VenancioFlores Emilio Frugoni Reinaldo Gargano Julio César Grauert Héctor Gutiérrez...
Paso Gomez, along the Estero Rojas, with 20,000 Brazilians. General VenancioFlores was to take a cavalry force in a flanking movement against the Paraguayan's...
nearly 2,000 men, mostly wounded, and the Uruguayan troops of General VenancioFlores - commanded by León de Pallejas - were severely decimated, accounting...
rule by decree of nineteenth century Colorado President of Uruguay VenancioFlores would also be a historical case in point, according to this argument...