Pablo Buitrago y Benavente
Pablo Sánchez de Buitrago Sandoval y Benavente | |
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| Supreme Director of Nicaragua | |
| In office 4 March 1841 – 1 April 1843 | |
| Preceded by | Patricio Rivas (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Juan de Dios Orozco (acting) |
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| Born | 25 January 1807 Granada, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 22 June 1882 (aged 75) Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Political party | Legitimist |
| Occupation | Politician |
Pablo Sánchez de Buitrago Sandoval y Benavente (25 January 1807 – 22 June 1882) was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the 2nd Supreme Director of Nicaragua from 4 March 1841 to 1 April 1843. He was the first non-acting, elected Supreme Director.[1]
As Supreme Director
Election
In 1841 the first elections were held, corresponding to the 1838 constitution, and Buitrago was elected by three quarters of the 290 votes.[2] On 4 March of that year two legislatures legislated that he had been constitutionally elected. As a first official act, he replaced Francisco Castellón, who had been employed by Patricio Rivas, in the post of Minister General, with Simon Orozco, whom Buitrago could more easily control.
Anti-Liberal Ideals and Francisco Morazán
Buitrago responded to a message from Francisco Morazán from San Miguel with scorn and when Morazán later became the head of the government in Costa Rica, he wanted to appoint two commissioners to him, which he refused to recognize. This behavior towards the policies of the liberal Morazán was noted with benevolence by the conservative government in Guatemala.[3]
When Morazán became president of Costa Rica in 1842, the then president of El Salvador, Juan José Guzmán, broke off diplomatic relations with Costa Rica and formed the Confederación de Centroamérica, an anti-liberal alliance with the governments of Francisco Ferrera in Honduras and Buitrago in Nicaragua.[citation needed]
The agreements from this alliance were later put forward as justification for the Guerra de Malespín.[citation needed]
National Representation of Central America
Formation of the Confederation
On 8 November 1849, the governments of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras signed the "Pact of the Confederation" in León, an attempt to unite the states once again. The representation of this confederation met on 9 January 1851 in Chinandega. The representatives were Pablo Buitrago y Benavente, Justo Abaunza and Hermenegildo Zepeda Fernández for Nicaragua, José María Guerrero de Arcos for Honduras, José Francisco Barrundia and José María Silva for El Salvador. The board elected Hermenegildo Zepeda Fernández as President, José María Silva as first secretary and Buitrago as second secretary.[4][5]
Battle of La Arada
On 26 April 1851 during the armed conflict between Guatemala and the states of Honduras and El Salvador, Buitrago responded to the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Pedro N. Arriaga, in which the Guatemalan government refused to accept the commissioners to settle the peace between Guatemala and the states. As a result of the communication from the Guatemalan government, the general government of Central America issued a resolution for Guatemala to recognises its commissioners. On the same day, 26 April, he replied to a statement made by the Minister General of El Salvador, Eugenio Aguilar, on 17 April with the government's resolution.[6]
Later life and death
On 26 November 1856, he appeared before the Salvadoran President, Rafael Campo to certify his representation by the Republic of Nicaragua as Minister Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Envoy.
On 15 March 1882 , during the Great Morazán Civic Festival held in El Salvador, Buitrago was one of the special commissioners of the Central American nations, representing Nicaragua. In the newly opened Parque Morazán, he gave a speech in which he "exposed his admiration for the glory of Morazán". This would be considered his last public speech.
He died on 22 June 1882. An article dedicated to Buitrago was published in the Official Gazette of El Salvador on 25 July.[7] He was buried in Santa Tecla (at that time Nueva San Salvador), El Salvador.[8]
References
- ^ "Gobernantes de Nicaragua". Ministerio de Educación. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
- ^ La Prensa, 20 DE NOVIEMBRE DEL 2001, Historia de las elecciones at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 October 2012)
- ^ Hubert Howe Bancroft, Chapter XII, Republic of Nicaragua 1838–1855, 1887, History of Central America. 1886–1887, Seite 239
- ^ Hubert Howe Bancroft, HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA. VOL. III. 1801–1887, THE HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS SAN FRANCISCO, 1887
- ^ "Bandera Nacional de Honduras; símbolo de amor y respeto catracho". 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Dieta Nacional" (PDF). Gaceta del Salvador. San Salvador. 9 May 1851. p. 2.
- ^ "Defunción" (PDF). Gaceta del Salvador. San Salvador. 25 July 1882. p. 81.
- ^ "Boletin Nicaraguense 1842 manfut". www.manfut.org. 12 October 2019.