Lorenzo Latorre

Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio Jampen Latorre ( born July 28, 1844 in Montevideo, † January 18, 1916 in Buenos Aires ) was a Uruguayan politician and military.

Colonel Latorre, who belonged to the Partido Colorado, was first minister of war under José Eugenio Ellauri. In 1875 he took then even the power in Uruguay. At the end of 1875, he survived the revolution Tricolor. Between March 10, 1876 and February 14, 1879, he was Gobernador PROVISORIO. Under his leadership, there was a reorganization of the judicial system, which the progressive construction of the rule of law in Uruguay was connected, which had already begun with the Código Rural. In addition, in the time of his dictatorship was the arrangement of the fence all pasture land, coupled with a stipulation of development until such time in quite open space ownership. This was in addition to the deprivation of livelihood of the Gauchos also means that the owners of smallholdings mentioned, smaller land areas lost their land holdings. The development of education in the country, he drove during his reign forward together with José Pedro Varela.

In the period from 1 March 1879 to 13 March 1880, he was officially President of Uruguay. After his resignation, he stated that his people were ungovernable and emigrated to Argentina's neighbor. Decades after his death, his remains were transferred in 1975 to the National Cemetery in his home country.

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The person Latorres was also used in the works of Karl May.