Justo Rufino Barrios
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Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón was a Guatemalan politician and military general who served as President of Guatemala from 1873 to his death in 1885. He was known for his liberal reforms and his attempts t
Barrios, c. 1873–1885
Barrios' house in San Lorenzo
Francisca Aparicio y Auyón, 1892. Francisca was Barrios' wife. After his death, she left Guatemala for New York City, where she enjoyed the large inheritance her husband had left after his death.
Barrios (Circa 1871)
Miguel García Granados
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Miguel García Granados y Zavala was a Spanish-born Guatemalan politician and military general who served as President of Guatemala from 1871 to 1873.
Justo Rufino Barrios
…proposing to overthrow Guatemala's long entrenched Conservadora (conservative) administration; soon after, they succeeded in doing so, and General García Granados was declared president and Barrios commander of the armed forces. While Barrios was back in Quetzaltenago, García Granados was seen as weak by his own…
La Locomotor 1906 García Granados
García Granados Monument. Located on Avenida La Reforma, in front of the old Guatemalan Military School.