Prudencio Alfaro Menendez was a Salvadoran politician who served as Vice President of El Salvador from 1895 until 1898.
14 Facts About Prudencio Alfaro
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Prudencio Alfaro later led a joint Honduran-Nicaraguan invasion of El Salvador in 1907.
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Prudencio Alfaro Menendez was born in 1861 in Jutiapa, Guatemala.
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Prudencio Alfaro's father was Manuel Alfaro and his mother was Andrea Menendez.
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Prudencio Alfaro attended the University of El Salvador where he completed his bachelor's degree and doctorate in the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences.
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Prudencio Alfaro opposed the government of President Carlos Ezeta, who deposed President Francisco Menendez in 1890, and in 1894, he participated in the Revolution of the 44 which deposed Ezeta and installed Rafael Antonio Gutierrez as president.
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For Vice President, the race was between Alfaro, Carlos Melendez, and four other politicians, and Alfaro won with 38,006 votes accounting for 62.51 percent of the vote.
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Prudencio Alfaro sought to regain power and fought Regalado at two battles in Ilobasco and Sensuntepeque he lost both battles and fled for exile in Honduras.
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Prudencio Alfaro stood for election for the presidency in 1907 but only received one vote.
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On 11 June 1907, Prudencio Alfaro was one of the leaders of a joint Honduran-Nicaraguan invasion of El Salvador against President Fernando Figueroa.
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Rivas proposed that the two split control of the country, with Rivas controlling the east from San Salvador and Prudencio Alfaro controlling everything west of San Salvador Prudencio Alfaro rejected the proposal.
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Prudencio Alfaro was allowed to return to El Salvador in 1911 when Manuel Enrique Araujo became president he was accused of being involved in Araujo's assassination in 1913, and again left the country.
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Prudencio Alfaro again returned to El Salvador in 1915 when Carlos Melendez became president.
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Prudencio Alfaro was executed in San Salvador on 23 December 1915 for his alleged role in Araujo's assassination.