José Félix Benito Uriburu was an Argentine military officer and politician, he was the President of the Provisional Government of Argentina, ousting the successor to President Hipólito Yrigoyen by mea
José Félix Uriburu and Agustín Pedro Justo
A young José Félix Uriburu wearing an old-style Gala uniform as a brigadier (taken before 1921)
The four Argentine presidents of the Infamous Decade: José Félix Uriburu, Agustín P. Justo, Roberto Ortiz, and Ramón Castillo
Ernesto Bosch, Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Uriburu
The Infamous Decade was a period in Argentine history that began with the 1930 coup d'état against President Hipólito Yrigoyen. This decade was marked on one hand by significant rural exodus, with man
José Félix Uriburu
…elections after prohibiting UCR candidates and organizing a system that was broadly recognized as fraudulent, marking the beginning of the so-called Infamous Decade in Argentina. It was under these conditions that General Agustín P. Justo was elected president, representing the party that had earlier been wiped out…
The Coup d'état of September 6, 1930
Alvear was the leader of radicalism during the Infamous Decade, and for this reason he was imprisoned on Martín García Island.
A mounted police officer chases supporters of radicalism.
President Roberto M. Ortiz, of the Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union, was prevented from exercising the presidency from 1940 due to the diabetes he suffered from, dying in 1942 before completing his term.