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Jose de la Riva Aguero
Jose Mariano de la Riva Aguero y Sanchez Boquete was a Peruvian soldier, politician, historian and twice President of Peru.
Riva Aguero spent his childhood and youth in Spain, where was educated and later participated in the wars against the Napoleonic invasion. In 1809 he returned to Lima and participated in the independence cause. Jose de San Martin named him prefect of Lima in 1822. Upon the departure of San Martin and the ensuing social instability in the country, Andres de Santa Cruz revolted against the Peruvian Congress on February 26, 1823 and forced it to elect Riva Aguero as ...
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