Manuel Ceferino Oribe

Uruguayan politician
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Born:
August 27, 1792, Montevideo, Río de la Plata [now in Uruguay]
Died:
November 12, 1857, Montevideo (aged 65)

Manuel Ceferino Oribe (born August 27, 1792, Montevideo, Río de la Plata [now in Uruguay]—died November 12, 1857, Montevideo) was the second president of Uruguay (1835–38), a member of the Treinta y Tres Orientales, the legendary 33 nationalists who successfully fought for Uruguayan independence in the Cisplatine War (1825–28). Although he had been allied with José Fructuoso Rivera, the first president of Uruguay, their ambitions eventually clashed. As president, Oribe sought to extend government control over rural districts ruled by Rivera. Angered by this challenge and by accusations of financial mismanagement during his term in office, Rivera rose in revolt ...(100 of 242 words)