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Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras (29 June 1801 – 14 June 1864) was a Dominican soldier and politician who served three times as the president of the First Dominican Republic (1844-1861) and was the first governor-general during the period of annexation of the Dominican Republic to Spain (1861-1865), accomplished at Santana's request.
Like Eusebio Manzueta, Marcos Adón was one of Pedro Santana's friends and subordinates, who did not openly oppose the decision of the general, but observed, after the fact, a distant attitude of non-complacency, in front of the civil and military authorities that Spain designated in the country. This explains the reports from spies and ...
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (March 9, 1817 – July 4, 1861) was a Dominican revolutionary, politician, and former president of the Dominican Republic.He is considered by Dominicans as the second prominent leader of the Dominican War of Independence, after Juan Pablo Duarte and before Matías Ramón Mella.
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes GCC (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu sɐ̃ˈtɐnɐ ˈlɔpɨʃ]; born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005.
When Santana assumed the presidency of the Central Government Board, in mid-July, he appointed Duvergé as head of the Southern Expeditionary Front with the rank of brigade general. The headquarters of said body was founded in Las Matas de Farfán, from where it served the broad central portion of the border.
Perhaps it is somewhat ironic to know that Jacinto de la Concha was one of those who embraced the cause of annexation to Spain, but that was the case, since the change of regime was very pleasing to him, so he had to fight against the people. From the San Luis Fortress in Santiago, he witnessed the bloody and painful retreat of the Spanish Army ...
Pedro Alejandrino Pina García (November 20, 1820 – August 24, 1870) was a Dominican politician and military man considered one of the heroes of Dominican independence. He was the co-founder of the Secret Society La Trinitaria and first cousin of the father of Dominican history, Jose Gabriel García and the Dominican activist Concepción Bona .
Meanwhile, Pedro Santana, backed by his troops and by the tacit alliance they had reached with the French Consul and the most prominent members of the “colonialist” group, headed towards the capital of the new State, with the purpose of assuming the entire power.