Pedro José Varela Olivera (22 February 1837,

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– 1906,

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) was a politician and member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He was

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from February to March 1868 and from January 1875 to March 1876, when he resigned from office in favor of defense minister Lorenzo Latorre. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1868 and 1873.

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