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  WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Uruguay - The Return of Civilians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The president of the Senate (the upper house of the General Assembly), Juan Lindolfo Cuestas (1897-1903), served as provisional president until 1899, when he was elected constitutional president.
Cuestas quickly signed a peace agreement with the National Party, giving it control over six of Uruguay's departments and promising all citizens their political rights.
The political consensus achieved by Cuestas resulted in the unanimous support by the General Assembly for his candidacy and appointment as constitutional president in 1899.
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 4. Uruguay. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Blanco leader Aparicio Saravia led a revolution in 1896 to secure governorships of the departments.
Juan Idiarte Borda was elected president in 1894 and assassinated in 1897.
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas assumed the presidency in 1899 after reaching bi-party accord on elections.
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 Uruguay
Juan Díaz de Solís entered the Río de la Plata by mistake in 1516 and thus discovered the region.
Conservative sectors, particularly landowners, opposed or distrusted the growing bureaucracy, the expansion of social legislation, and the policy of income redistribution that favored the industrial sector to the detriment of the rural sector.
It was noteworthy, however, that Ferreira obtained a large number of votes (he was actually the candidate receiving the most votes--26 percent of the total to Bordaberry's 24 percent), and the left increased its following, receiving about 18 percent of the votes.
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 80th. Anniversary of "Casa de Galicia"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His works are displayed in the National Historic Museum, the Juan Manuel Blanes Museum and the Laroche Museum in Montevideo, as well as, in galleries and private collections in Uruguay.
He was the first painter to use the etching technique in Uruguay.
His oil paintings "Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, Portrait" (1899) and "José Batlle y Ordóñez, Portrait" (1903) are displayed in the National Historic Museum in Montevideo.
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 South America
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez, president of Chile (1931–32)
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, president of Uruguay (1897–99, 1899–1903)
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena, president of Uruguay (1972–76)
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 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: PORFIRIO DIAZ - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 10/08/1897
Diaz has received a letter informing him that Uruguayan President Juan Idiarte Borda (1844-1897) was assassinated and was succeeded by Lindolfo Cuestas (1837-1905), the Senate President.
LINDOLFO CUESTAS served as Acting President until February 10, 1898 when he became Provisional President until February 15, 1899.
Elected in his own right, Lindolfo Cuestas served as President from March 1, 1899 until March 1, 1903.
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 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: PORFIRIO DIAZ - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 04/27/1898
To Juan L. Cuestas congratulating him upon his election as Provisional President of Uruguay, expressing the hope of a friendly relationship between the two Latin American countries.
JUAN LINDOLFO CUESTAS (1837-1905) was acting President of Uruguay from August 25, 1897 to February 10, 1898 when he became Provisional President, serving until February 15, 1899.
Two weeks later, Lindolfo Cuestas became President of Uruguay and served a four-year term until March 1, 1903.
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CREMER, William Randal (1838-1908) English reformer - Born March 18, 1838 in Fareham, England, he was the secretary of the Workmen's Peace Association, 1871-1908, winning the Nobel Peace Prize, 1903.
CRUZ, Juan de la see JOHN of the Cross, Saint
CUESTAS, Juan Lindolfo (1837-1905) Uruguayan president - Uruguay 814
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 Uruguay magazine - emigrating, journeys, forum, and much more besides.
1853-1854 provisional government: Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la Torre -
1897-1899 Juan Lindolfo de loosely Reyes Cuestas York (inter-CIM president)
1899-1903 Juan Lindolfo de loosely Reyes Cuestas York (2.)
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 Uruguay
21 Mar 1894 - 25 Aug 1897 Juan Bautista Idiarte Borda (b.
1960) PC 1 Mar 1927 - 1 Mar 1931 Juan Campisteguy Oxcoby (b.
1 Mar 1931 - 1 Mar 1933 Juan Pedro Fabini Bianchi (b.
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