People from Ayacucho Region - People from Ayacucho, Andres Avelino Caceres, Edwin Donayre, Efrain Morote (Paperback)

Chapters: People From Ayacucho, Andres Avelino Caceres, Edwin Donayre, Efrain Morote. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Andres Avelino Caceres Dorregaray (February 4, 1833 October 10, 1923) was twice President of Peru during the 19th century, from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895. In Peru, he is considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879-1883), where he fought as a General in the Peruvian Army. Andres Avelino Caceres was born on February 4, 1833, in the city of Ayacucho. His father, Domingo Caceres, was a landowner and his mother, Justa Dorregaray, a housewife. He studied at the Colegio San Ramon (Spanish: ) in his hometown. In 1854, Caceres abandoned his studies and joined the Ayacucho Battalion as a cadet. As part of this unit, he participated in the rebellion led by General Ramon Castilla against President Jose Rufino Echenique, which ended with the victory of the former at the Battle of La Palma (January 5, 1855). Afterwards, he quickly ascended through the military, obtaining the rank of Second Lieutenant later that year and that of Lieutenant in 1857. Between 1857 and 1859 he actively supported Ramon Castilla's government against a rebellion by former president Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco. During the fighting, Caceres was severely wounded in the left eye. When war broke out between Peru and Ecuador in 1859, he was still ailing from this wound, but, even so, he took part in the campaign. After the conflict ended in 1860, Caceres was sent to France by Castilla to serve as military attache of the Peruvian delegation to France and, also, to receive treatment for his eye. Caceres returned to Peru in 1862 and joined the Pichincha Battalion in Huancayo. During this period...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=136067