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Feliciano Viera (1872-1927) was a Uruguayan political figure, member of the Colorado Party. He was President of Uruguay from 1915 to 1919. Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Uruguay. ... This is a list of Presidents of Uruguay. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...


Viera was closely identified with the liberal former President José Batlle y Ordóñez, who long dominated Uruguayan political life. Prior to becoming President, Viera served in one of Batlle's governments as Interior Minister. José Batlle y Ordóñez (May 21, 1856 - October 20, 1929) was the president of Uruguay from 1903 until 1907 and for a second term from 1911 to 1915. ... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ...

Preceded by
José Batlle y Ordóñez
President of Uruguay
1915–1919
Succeeded by
Baltasar Brum

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Uruguay - THE NEW COUNTRY, 1903-33 (1422 words)
Feliciano Viera (1915-19), a Colorado who was more conservative than Batlle y Ordóñez, became president at the time of the debate between "collegialists" and "anticollegialists." During his mandate, elections were held for a constituent assembly (July 30, 1916).
The latter, which included representatives from the party that received the second highest number of votes, the Blancos, was placed in charge of the ministries dealing with economic, educational, and social policy.
Finally, in 1919 Viera, in disagreement with Batlle y Ordóñez, founded a dissident Colorado Party faction known as Vierism.
Latin Beat Magazine: Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso: Part two: Richie Viera remembers Tite (1588 words)
This time around our conversation is with Richie Viera, a music historic and collector who knew Tite Curet Alonso from Early childhood, and is Part owner (with his Father Don Rafael Viera) of Viera's Records, "The House of the Collector." Viera has over 40,000 records in his collection.
Tite was weekly visitor to Viera's Records and Wrote many of his compositions and articles for his weekly newspaper column in the back office.
RICHIE VIERA: I was seven years old when my father Rafael Viera worked at a distributing company called Allied Wholesale.
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