Juan María Bordaberry Arocena Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2015-002
Scope and Content
The Juan María Bordaberry Arocena Pictorial Collection contains 46 black and white photographs in various sizes of former President of Uruguay, Juan María Bordaberry Arocena. Photographs are also of members of congress, members of the communist political party PCU (Partido Comunista de Uruguay), members of the Partido Colorado, Partido Demócrata Cristiano, military personalities and other political personalities during the dissolution of Congress.
Some identified people are: Juan María Bordaberry Arocena, Jaime Perez, Rodney Arismendi, Washington Beltran Mullin, William Faciza, Guttierrez Ruiz, Jaime Montaner, Jorge Duran Matos, Julio Maria Sanguienett, Juan Pablo Terra, Zelmar Michelini, Varamallas, Mario Heber, Fernandez Menendez, and Mario Barbe.
Some identified people are: Juan María Bordaberry Arocena, Jaime Perez, Rodney Arismendi, Washington Beltran Mullin, William Faciza, Guttierrez Ruiz, Jaime Montaner, Jorge Duran Matos, Julio Maria Sanguienett, Juan Pablo Terra, Zelmar Michelini, Varamallas, Mario Heber, Fernandez Menendez, and Mario Barbe.
Dates
- 1973
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
History
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena, (17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011) was a Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher, who first served as President from 1972 until 1976. He came to office following the Presidential elections of late 1971. In 1973, Bordaberry dissolved the General Assembly and was widely regarded as ruling by decree as a military-sponsored dictator until disagreements with the military led to his being overthrown before his original term of office had expired. On November 17, 2006 he was arrested in a case involving four deaths, including two of members of the General Assembly during the period of civilian-military rule in the 1970s. Bordaberry was elected president as the Colorado candidate in 1971. He took office in 1972 in the midst of an institutional crisis caused by the authoritarian rule of Pacheco and the terrorist threat. Bordaberry, at the time, had been a minor political figure, he exercised little independent standing as a successor to Pacheco other than being Pacheco's handpicked successor. He continued Pacheco's authoritarian methods, suspending civil liberties, banning labor unions, and imprisoning and killing opposition figures. He appointed military officers to most leading government positions. In personal terms, one of Bordaberry's actions which proved in hindsight to have been disadvantageous was his appointment of Jorge Sapelli as Vice President of Uruguay, given the latter's resignation and public repudiation of him in 1973. On June 27, 1973; Bordaberry dissolved Congress, suspended the Constitution and gave the military and police the power to take whatever measures it deemed necessary to restore order. For the next three years, he ruled by decree with the assistance of a National Security Council ("COSENA"). In 1976, Bordaberry proposed to abolish the parties and set up a corporatist state according to a pattern with little precedent in Uruguayan history. The military refused to go along and forced Bordaberry to resign.
Extent
46 items (1 box) : 46 photographic prints
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
46 black and white photographs in various sizes of former President of Uruguay, Juan María Bordaberry Arocena. Photographs are also of members of congress, members of the communist political party PCU (Partido Comunista de Uruguay), members of the Partido Colorado, Partido Demócrata Cristiano, military personalities and other political personalities during the dissolution of Congress.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Juan María Bordaberry Arocena Pictorial Collection, 1973
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Eileen Price
- Date
- © 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451