Venancio Flores

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Venancio Flores Barrios (born 18 May, 1808, died 19 February, 1868) was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 (interim) and from 1865 to 1868.

In 1839, he was made political chief of the department of San José. He fought in the "Guerra Grande" against Manuel Oribe and his Argentinian backers. He became a leading figure in the Colorado party and formed a triumvirate with Fructuoso Rivera and Juan Antonio Lavalleja in 1853. He remained in power until 1855, after which he moved to Argentina.

In 1863, he started a rebellion against the Blanco president Bernardo Berro, which led to civil war in Uruguay. With Argentinian and Brazilian help, by February, 1865 he had taken Montevideo. He established a provisional government, a term used to disguise his personal dictatorship. He joined Brazil and Argentina in the devastating War of the Triple Alliance against Paraguay.

Flores's dictatorship ended on February 15, 1868. Four days later, he was murdered by a group of unidentified assassins.

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