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Fructuoso Rivera
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<p>José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (17 October 1784 – 13 January 1854) was a <a href="/facts/Uruguay/X6V0apCb">Uruguayan</a> general and patriot who fought for the liberation of <a href="/facts/Banda_Oriental/4NSsj8bX">Banda Oriental</a> from <a href="/facts/Empire_of_Brazil/MY6jmtxn">Brazilian</a> rule, thrice served as <a href="/facts/President_of_Uruguay/rJqfoCpM">President of Uruguay</a> and was one of the instigators of the long <a href="/facts/Uruguayan_Civil_War/u3JCDe13">Uruguayan Civil War</a>. He is also considered to be the founder of the <a href="/facts/Colorado_Party_(Uruguay)/xM6uJVsL">Colorado Party</a>, which ruled Uruguay without interruption from 1865 until 1958. He made a controversial decision to almost completely <a href="/facts/Genocide/IjkNvg7y">eliminate</a> the native <a href="/facts/Charr%25C3%25BAa/bscKTYXs">Charrúa</a> during the 1831 <a href="/facts/Massacre_of_Salsipuedes/kS6YEXub">Massacre of Salsipuedes</a>. </p>