Juan Ángel Arias Boquín (7 August 1859 – 29 April 1927)Profile of Juan Ángel Arias Boquín
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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

1 February – 13 April 1903. He was Member of the '' Partido Liberal de Honduras''. Manuel Bonilla finished first in the elections of 1902 but the Honduran Congress didn't gave him presidency by law, because Manuel Bonilla was an

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. Juan Ángel Arias Boquín finished second in the elections of 1902, but when President

Terencio Sierra Terencio Esteban Sierra Romero (16 November 1839 – 25 October 1907) was President of Honduras between 1 February 1899 and 1 February 1903. Sierra was born in Coray, Valle, Honduras. After studying in Comayagua he became a typographis ...

refused to give up the office, the Honduran Congress voted Arias president. After two and a half months in office he was overthrown by General Manuel Bonilla and imprisoned.

History

On 23 February 1903, the political contest between Dr.

Marco Aurelio Soto Marco Aurelio Soto (13 November 1846 – 25 February 1908) was President of Honduras from 27 August 1876 until 19 October 1883. He was known as a liberal. He was a reforming President and had a great impact on the Honduras of his time, including ...

, General Manuel Bonilla (Juticalpa, 1849–1913) and Dr.

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(Comayagua, 1859, Guatemala 1927) who at that time lived in Santa Rosa and had been a candidate for president of Honduras, getting away with it and proclaimed President, his opponents will recognize as the "usurper government". Moreover, the General Don

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who had suffered a defeat in Santa Rosa Ocotepeque reached alarming the general population to leave the homes they left the next day due north of the country's leading families, as well as officials municipal and military leaving the town without a head. The time they reached the troops of General Manuel Bonilla they entered without resistance taking the city to their liking. Then the General Ezequiel Ferrera return with an army to deal with the revolutionaries in the town of Talgua, after hours of fighting, General Ferrera was defeated. worldstatesmen.or
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1859 births 1927 deaths Presidents of Honduras Liberal Party of Honduras politicians {{Honduras-politician-stub