Doroteo Vasconcelos
| Doroteo Vasconcelos | |
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 Governor of El Salvador |
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In office 7 February 1848 – 26 January 1850 |
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| Preceded by | José Félix Quirós |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Rodríguez |
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Governor of El Salvador |
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In office 4 April 1850 – 2 April 1851 |
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| Preceded by | Ramón Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Dueñas |
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6 February 1803 Sensuntepeque, El Salvador Province, Capitanía General de Guatemala  Spain
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| Died | 10 March 1883 (aged 80) San Vicente,  El Salvador El Salvador
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| Political party | Liberal of Central America |
| Occupation | Military |
| Religion | Roman Catholic -until 1829- and Positivism after joining the Liberal Party |
Doroteo Vasconcelos Vides y Ladrón de Guevara (1803–1883) was President of El Salvador 7 February 1848 - 1 February 1850 and 4 February 1850 – 1 March 1851. Vasconcelos was close friend of Honduran general Francisco Morazán. He tried to invade Guatemala and defeat general Rafael Carrera on 2 February 1851 but he was defeated. After defeat, he retired from public life.
In 1848, the liberals were able to force Rafael Carrera to leave office, after the country had been in turmoil for several months. Carrera resigned at his own free will and left for México. The new liberal regime passed a law where they emphatically ordered to execute Carrera if he dared to return to Guatemalan soil. On his absence, the liberal crillos from Quetzaltenango -led by general Agustín Guzmán who occupied the city after Corregidor general Mariano Paredes was called to Guatemala City to take over the Presidential office- declared that Los Altos was an independent state once again on 26 August 1848; that had the support of Vasconcelos' regime in El Salvador and the rebel guerrilla army of Vicente and Serapio Cruz who were declared enemies of general Carrera. The interim government was led by Guzmán himself and had Florencio Molina and priest Fernando Davila as his Cabinet members. On 5 September 1848, the criollos altenses chose a formal government led by Fernando Antonio Martínez.
In the meantime, Carrera decided to return to Guatemala and did so entering by Huehuetenango, where he met with the native leaders and told them that they must unite to prevail; the leaders agreed and slowly the segretated native communities started developing a new Indian identity under Carrera's leadership. In the meantime, on the oriental part of Guatemala, the Jalapa region became increasingly dangerous; former president Mariano Rivera Paz and rebel leader Vicente Cruz were both murdered there after trying to take over the Corregidor office in 1849.
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