Rosalío Cortés Sánchez (1820–1884) was the 35th President of Nicaragua, serving from 19 October to 15 November 1857; he ruled jointly with Gregorio Juárez in a government junta.[1]
Cortés was born in 1820 in León, Nicaragua and died in 1884 in Masaya. He and Juárez, both Afro-Nicaraguans from León, were the most trusted advisors to General, and later President, Tomás Martínez, who succeeded them in the presidency.[2]
References
edit- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1887). History of Central America ... History Company. p. 363.
- ^ Gudmundson, Lowell; Wolfe, Justin (2010-10-18). Blacks and Blackness in Central America: Between Race and Place. Duke University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8223-9313-9.
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