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|goals = Keep Uruguay under his control (successful until he was deposed)<br>Eliminate leftist influence in Uruguay (partially successful) | |goals = Keep Uruguay under his control (successful until he was deposed)<br>Eliminate leftist influence in Uruguay (partially successful) | ||
|crimes = Repression<br>Abuse of power<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Genocide]] | |crimes = Repression<br>Abuse of power<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Genocide]] | ||
|hobby = Tending to his cattle}}'''Juan María Bordaberry Arocena''' (Spanish: [boɾðaβeˈri aɾoˈkena]; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011) was a Uruguayan civilian dictator, politician and cattle rancher, who first served as the constitutional President of Uruguay from 1972 until 1973, and then ruled as the head of a civilian- | |hobby = Tending to his cattle}}'''Juan María Bordaberry Arocena''' (Spanish: [boɾðaβeˈri aɾoˈkena]; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011) was a Uruguayan civilian dictator, politician and cattle rancher, who first served as the constitutional President of Uruguay from 1972 until 1973, and then ruled as the head of a civilian-military dictatorship up to 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. | 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. | ||
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Before and after his period of Presidential office, he was identified with schemes for agricultural improvement; his Agriculture minister was Benito Medero. 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") | Before and after his period of Presidential office, he was identified with schemes for agricultural improvement; his Agriculture minister was Benito Medero. 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") | ||
Gradually, Bordaberry became a greater advocate of | Gradually, Bordaberry became a greater advocate of dictatorship than even the military officers. In June 1976, he proposed a new, corporatist constitution that would have permanently shuttered the parties and codified a permanent role for the military. This was further than even the military wanted to go, and it forced him to resign. Bordaberry then returned to his ranch. | ||
On 17 November 2006, following an order by judge Roberto Timbal, Bordaberry was placed under arrest along with his former foreign minister Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé. He was arrested in connection with the 1976 assassination of two legislators, Senator Zelmar Michelini of the Christian Democratic Party and House leader Héctor Gutiérrez of the National Party. The assassinations took place in Buenos Aires but the prosecution argued they had been part of [[Operation Condor]], a campaign of [[state terrorism]] in which the military regimes of Uruguay, [[Augusto Pinochet|Chile]], [[Hugo Banzer|Bolivia]], [[Alfredo Stroessner|Paraguay]], Brazil, and [[National Reorganization Process|Argentina]] coordinated actions against dissidents. Timbal ruled that since the killings took place outside Uruguay, they were not covered by an amnesty enacted after the return of civilian rule in 1985. | On 17 November 2006, following an order by judge Roberto Timbal, Bordaberry was placed under arrest along with his former foreign minister Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé. He was arrested in connection with the 1976 assassination of two legislators, Senator Zelmar Michelini of the Christian Democratic Party and House leader Héctor Gutiérrez of the National Party. The assassinations took place in Buenos Aires but the prosecution argued they had been part of [[Operation Condor]], a campaign of [[state terrorism]] in which the military regimes of Uruguay, [[Augusto Pinochet|Chile]], [[Hugo Banzer|Bolivia]], [[Alfredo Stroessner|Paraguay]], Brazil, and [[National Reorganization Process|Argentina]] coordinated actions against dissidents. Timbal ruled that since the killings took place outside Uruguay, they were not covered by an amnesty enacted after the return of civilian rule in 1985. | ||