Rafael Carrera
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José Rafael Carrera y Turcios was the president of Guatemala from 1844 to 1848 and from 1851 until his death in 1865, after being appointed president for life in 1854. He ruled during the establishmen
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State Coat of Los Altos, carved in stone on the grave of heroes in the Cemetery of Quetzaltenango
General Francisco Morazán tried to invade Guatemala for the second time in 1840 after having invaded in 1829 and expelled members of the Aycinena clan and regular orders. In 1840 he was defeated overwhelmingly by Carrera, marking the end of his career in Central America
Santo Tomás de Castilla bay
Francisco Morazán
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José Francisco Morazán Quezada was a Central American statesman, military officer, and caudillo who served as the president of the Federal Republic of Central America on three occasions between 1829 a
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…known as The Mountain. The movement was strongly pro-Catholic and wanted to restore part of the colonial traditions that the liberals had abandoned. Francisco Morazán repeatedly drove Carrera's forces out of cities and towns, but Carrera's followers would retake places as soon as Morazán's army left. Carrera became…
Posthumous painting of Morazán, 1878
The St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral in Tegucigalpa where Morazán was baptized
Morazán's 1830s military uniform on display at the Casa Morazán
Manuel José Arce, the first preisdent of Central America who was exiled by Morazán in 1828