{"id":3204,"date":"2011-12-18T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T13:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2011-12-18T10:21:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T13:21:45","slug":"446-jose-felix-uriburu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=3204","title":{"rendered":"448. jos\u00e9 f\u00e9lix uriburu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200805D23.jpg\" alt=\"Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born in Salta in 1868, <strong>Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu<\/strong> joined the Military Academy located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires at the age of 17. Five years later, he would participate in the birth of civil society in Argentina during the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=224\">Revoluci\u00f3n del 1890<\/a>. But he would soon part ways with the Radicals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=900\">Luis S\u00e1enz Pe\u00f1a<\/a> resigned in 1895, Vice-President <strong>Jos\u00e9 Evaristo de Uriburu<\/strong>&#8212;his uncle&#8212;took over. The younger Uriburu became his uncle&#8217;s assistant &amp; got first-hand experience in government. In 1905 he helped President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=168\">Manuel Quintana<\/a> stifle another attempted Radical coup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Uriburu continued to move up swiftly through both military &amp; political circles. He was sent to Europe to learn techniques to improve the Argentine military &amp; soon after elected as a representative for his native province of Salta in Congress. After obtaining the rank of Division General, Uriburu retired against his will&#8230; but would soon return to be the center of attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/Ugol.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Argentina, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu, golpe militar\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Uriburu led the first military coup in Argentina in 1930. Ousting democratically elected Radical President <strong>Hip\u00f3lito Yrigoyen<\/strong>, historians credit Uriburu with starting military involvement in politics&#8230; a trend that would lead to a series of military takeovers until 1983. Conservative &amp; very Catholic, Uriburu called for elections but annulled results when the Radicals won. In fact, Uriburu ushered in what historians call the &#8220;Infamous Decade&#8221; where democracy was only given lip service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eventually Uriburu handed the presidency to military colleague General <strong>Agust\u00edn P. Justo<\/strong> in 1932. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, he went to Paris for treatment but died soon after arrival. His funeral service in the \u00c9glise Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot seems extraordinary, especially since the church also held funerals for <strong>Guy de Maupassant<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Marcel Proust<\/strong>. At least we have an impressive visual record:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/uriburuparis01.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/uriburuparis02.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After services in Paris, Uriburu&#8217;s remains were brought by ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Services held at his residence led to a temporary burial at the tomb of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=120\">Ram\u00f3n Falc\u00f3n<\/a>&#8230; that fact speaks volumes. Just look at the number of people entering the cemetery. Wow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/uriburucasa.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/Uentierro01.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/Uentierro02.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/Uentierro03.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/Uentierro04.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"335\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/Uentierro05.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Recoleta Cemetery, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently Uriburu&#8217;s mausoleum is unkempt &amp; unadorned&#8230; perhaps his family fell on hard times. Whatever the reason, Uriburu&#8217;s legacy to Argentine history&#8212;good, bad or indifferent&#8212;has disappeared from public view in Recoleta Cemetery. Find the plaque below in the photos above&#8230; a piece of history few remember:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200711B30.jpg\" alt=\"Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200711B28.jpg\" alt=\"Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200711B29.jpg\" alt=\"Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Update (14 Apr 2013):<\/strong> One important reminder of Uriburu&#8217;s legacy remains in the town of <strong>Balcarce<\/strong>, about 400 km or 250 mi south of Buenos Aires. Originally meant to glorify, a bit of historical revision has occurred with the <em>only statue<\/em> of Uriburu in Argentina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/JFUriburustatue.jpg\" alt=\"Balcarce, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu statue\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A new plaque placed in June 2012 reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Este monumento fue emplazado en el 6\u00ba aniversario del primer golpe de estado en Argentina. El general Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu atent\u00f3 contra la Constituci\u00f3n Nacional el 6 de septiembre de 1930. Este nefasto acontecimiento abri\u00f3 paso a una serie de violaciones al estado de derecho y a los derechos humanos de la poblaci\u00f3n, impuesto por los gobiernos de facto que interrumpieron el orden democr\u00e1tico, signando d\u00e9cadas de inestabilidad y autoritarismo en nuestro pa\u00eds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This monument was erected on the sixth anniversary of the first <em>coup d&#8217;etat<\/em> in Argentina. General Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu defied the national constitution on 06 Sep 1930. This horrific deed opened the way for a series of violations of the rule of law &amp; of the population&#8217;s human rights, imposed by <em>de facto<\/em> governments that interrupted democratic order, ushering in decades of instability &amp; authoritarianism in our country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"alert\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Archival photos from the <a href=\"http:\/\/eap.bl.uk\/database\/overview_item.a4d?catId=52142;r=12859\">British Library Endangered Archives Programme<\/a>. Balcarce photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/aventurasfotolp.blogspot.com.ar\/\">Marcelo Metayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Salta in 1868, Jos\u00e9 F\u00e9lix Uriburu joined the Military Academy located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires at the age of 17. 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