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Daniel Salamanca Urey ( July 8, 1869 - July 17, 1935) was president of Bolivia from March 5, 1931 until he was overthrown in a coup d'etat on November 27, 1934, during the country's disastrous Chaco War with Paraguay.Born in Cochabamba, Salamanca studied law, before being elected to Bolivia's Chamber of Deputies in 1899 for the Liberal Party. Two years later, President José Manuel Pando appointed him Finance Minister. Salamanca eventually split with the liberals, however, and helped to found the new Republican Party, running unsuccessfully for vice president in 1917 and for president in 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu against fellow Republican Party member Juan Batista Saavedra .
Shaken by his two defeats, he retired from politics and taught law instead, until the overthrow of Hernando Siles as a result of the Great DepressionThe Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in the United States following Black Thursday, the Wall Street panic of October 1929. On October 24, 1929, share prices on Wall Street collapsed catastrophically, setting off a chain of bankruptc in 1929Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 See also 1929 in aviation 1929 in film 1929 in literature 1929 in mu. Asked to head a Republican-Liberal coalition, Salamanca led the party to victory and took office in 1931.
Immediately upon assuming office, Salamanca introduced an unpopular austerity program and clamped down on political opposition to his government. In what was likely a measure to avert public attention to the economic problems still facing the country, he also revived hostilities with Paraguay in the disputed ChacoChaco is a province in the north of Argentina, near the border to Paraguay. Also known as the 'Green Hell', this region is known for its extreme weather conditions. Frequent droughts make for desert-like parts of the geography. Yet, torrential rains and o region, ordering the army to attack a Bolivian garrison at Vanguardia . This ignited the disastrous Chaco War ( 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan- 1935). The war only exacerbated already severe economic problems in Bolivia (and in Paraguay), while causing many thousands of casualties. On November 27, 1934, a group of Bolivian generals deposed Salamanca while he visited their headquarters Villamontes and replaced him with the vice president, José Luis Tejada SorzanoJose Luis Tejada Sorzano ( January 12, 1882- October 4, 1938) was installed by the military as president of Bolivia during the Chaco War. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1914, he was appointed Minister of Finance by President Jose Gutierrez Guerra i. Salamanca retired to Cochabamba, where he died less than a year later.
Urey, Daniel Salamanca
Urey, Daniel Salamanca
Urey, Daniel Salamanca
