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1961 Salvadoran Coup D'état
The 1961 Salvadoran coup d'état was a successful countercoup in El Salvador led by Colonel Anibal Portillo against the short-lived Junta of Government that had taken power in 1960, replacing the reformist military junta with an ardent anti-Communist government named the Civic-Military Directory. By the end of that year, military governance had given way to democratic rule. Motives behind the military overthrow were reactionary in nature, driven by military fears of a Communist takeover within the country, due to the perceived sympathies of the reformist junta towards Communist and Cuban influence. These concerns were further exacerbated by the visit to Cuba by far-left Salvadoran extremists, spurring the disunited Armed Forces to unify in safeguarding the state from Communism. On January 25, 1961, the planned military coup, which had the backing of every top army official, was finally executed, ending in the successful deposing of the six-man civilian-military junta. The avowe ...
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Armed Forces Of El Salvador
The Armed Forces of El Salvador () are the official governmental military forces of El Salvador. The Forces have three branches: the Salvadoran Army, the Salvadoran Air Force and the Navy of El Salvador. History Spanish colonial rule In the 19th century, soldiers in El Salvador may have been nominally employed by the governing body. However, if not given their pay, the soldiers would supplement their income as mercenaries and militia for local politicians and landowners. Coffee barons and militia In the late 19th century, El Salvador went through a period of internal discord. In 1871, Santiago Gonzales seized power by military coup. General Carlos Ezeta did the same in 1890 and General Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez in 1894.Perez O''Historical Dictionary of El Salvador''Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 p7. However, these changes in power were fought between networks of rival landowners (coffee barons) and politicians under their patronage rather than between official military and gover ...
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César Yanes Urías
César Yanes Urías (24 April 1920 – 4 December 2024) was a Salvadoran naval officer and politician who was a member of the Junta of Government, that ruled the country from 26 October 1960 until 25 January 1961. He was a member of the Salvadoran naval forces. Yanes Urías was born on 24 April 1920. He turned 100 A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100. Because life expectancies at birth worldwide are well below 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. The United Nations estimated that there were 316,600 living centenarian ... on 24 April 2020 and died on 4 December 2024, at the age of 104. References 1920 births 2024 deaths Salvadoran military personnel Leaders who took power by coup Salvadoran politicians Salvadoran men centenarians {{ElSalvador-politician-stub ...
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Aníbal Portillo
Aníbal Portillo (20 December 1914 – 15 February 2010)
was a who was a member of the
Civic-Military Directory The Civic-Military Directory was a political body which ruled El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, ...
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Junta Of Government (El Salvador)
The Junta of Government was a military junta established by Armed Forces of El Salvador, Salvadoran military officers on 26 October 1960 after a 1960 Salvadoran coup d'état, coup d'état toppled President of El Salvador, President José María Lemus. History On 26 October 1960, the Armed Forces of El Salvador overthrew President José María Lemus and established a military junta. The junta claimed its purpose was to enforce the 1950 Salvadoran Constitution and to mediate genuine presidential elections. The junta of 1960 ended after the 1961 Salvadoran coup d'état, 1961 coup d'état overthrew the junta and all its members were exiled. The Civic-Military Directory was established in its place by military officers. Members The junta was led by three civilians and three military officers: *Lawyer Ricardo Falla Cáceres (1929–1990) *Lawyer René Fortín Magaña (1931–2020) *Doctor Fabio Castillo Figueroa (1921–2012) *Colonel César Yanes Urías (1920–2024) *Lieute ...
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1960 Salvadoran Coup D'état
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war-r ...
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Anti-communism
Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism, communist beliefs, groups, and individuals. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in an intense rivalry. Anti-communism has been an element of many movements and different political positions across the political spectrum, including anarchism, centrism, conservatism, fascism, liberalism, nationalism, social democracy, socialism, leftism, and libertarianism, as well as broad movements #Evasion of censorship, resisting communist governance. Anti-communism has also been expressed by #Religions, several religious groups, and in art and #Literature, literature. The first organization which was specifically dedicated to opposing communism was the Russian White movement, which fought in the Russian Civil War starting in 1918 against the recent ...
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Civic-Military Directory
The Civic-Military Directory was a political body which ruled El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ... from 25 January 1961 until 25 January 1962. Its members were: * Aníbal Portillo (whole time) * Feliciano Avelar (whole time) * José Antonio Rodríguez Porth (until 6 April 1961) * José Francisco Valiente (until 6 April 1961) * Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo (until 11 September 1961) * Mariano Castro Morán (from 11 September 1961) References Government of El Salvador Military dictatorships 1961 in El Salvador 1962 in El Salvador {{ElSalvador-stub ...
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Reactionary
In politics, a reactionary is a person who favors a return to a previous state of society which they believe possessed positive characteristics absent from contemporary.''The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought'' Third Edition, (1999) p. 729. As a descriptor term, ''reactionary'' derives from the ideological context of the left–right political spectrum. As an adjective, the word ''reactionary'' describes points of view and policies meant to restore a ''wiktionary:status_quo_ante, status quo ante''. As an ideology, reactionism is a tradition in right-wing politics; the reactionary stance opposes policies for the social transformation of society, whereas conservatives seek to preserve the socio-economic structure and order that exists in the present. In popular usage, ''reactionary'' refers to a strong traditionalist conservative political perspective of a person opposed to social, political, and economic change. In the 20th century, reactionary politics was associated with r ...
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Communism
Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need.: "One widespread distinction was that socialism socialised production only while communism socialised production and consumption." A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes, and ultimately money and the State (polity), state. Communists often seek a voluntary state of self-governance but disagree on the means to this end. This reflects a distinction between a Libertarian socialism, libertarian socialist approach of communization, revolutionary spontaneity, and workers' self-management, and an authoritarian socialism, authoritarian socialist, vanguardis ...
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Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea
Doctor Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea (16 December 1899 – 9 January 1966) was provisional president of El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ... between 25 January and 1 July 1962. He served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 1962. References 1899 births 1966 deaths People from Sonsonate Department Salvadoran people of Spanish descent 20th-century presidents of El Salvador Members of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador Presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador 20th-century Salvadoran politicians {{ElSalvador-politician-stub ...
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