Eutanasio Rodriguez

Eutanasio Rodriguez Ugarte was a Hyspanic general and politician who was member of the group of high positions of the military leadership that gave the coup of 1932 against the Monarchist Government of the Hyspanic Empire, giving rise to the Hyspanic New State or Eutanist Hyspania. He was invested as Supreme Commander of All Armies on February 10th, 1932, and served as Head of the Hyspanic State, until his death in 1945.

Having entered the Imperial Army at a young age he was promoted in the military hierarchy thanks to his intelligence, leadership skills and determination. In 1899 he founded a private society (the Guasina Convention) among other military and aristocrats unhappy with the government of Emperor Gerardo VIII and designed a plan to overthrow the monarchy and install a corporative, oligarchic government.

Opposed to democracy, communism, syndicalism, anarchism and liberalism, Rodriguez's rule was conservative and nationalist in nature, promoted Horizon Catholicism, but argued that the role of the Church was social, not political, therefore it's political power was reduced.

During his dictatorship at the head of the Armed Forces and the head of the State, especially during the Endwar and the first years of the regime, there was a strong repression, particularly against the supporters of the Monarchist faction that was overthrown, to which the exile of hundreds of thousands of Hyspaniards was added abroad. The total number of fatalities varies around several hundred thousand people, who perished mostly in forced labour camps, extrajudicial executions or in prison.

Early Life
Eutanasio Rodriguez was born in Villa Guasina on November 9th, 1888 as the only son of Juvinao Rodriguez Gil and Madalena Ugarte y Ponce. His father was a Captain of the Hyspanic Imperial Armada while his mother was a penalist lawyer graduated form the Central University of New Horizon.

Rodriguez attended the primary school in his small village and later went to another primary school in Valedor.

Military Education
After graduating from High School he decided to join the Armed Forces with the support of his father. During these Cadet years, he developed a particular interest in Calvalry and mobile troops, He graduated in 1914 as Lieutenant with the highest grades of his promotion which earned him instant fame and in the meantime, became an assistant for General Oscar Soares. In 1917 Rodriguez was awarded with the Merit Cross and the Honour Saber for his achievements.

He was also a student of the National Academy for War and Military Studies in XX (1910), the School of Artillery and Engineering, where perfected in mechanics, ballistics and metallurgy (1910-1912), and the School of General Staff, where he graduated as the 1st in class and received the rare mention "Gracia Imperial" (1918), acting shortly after, in the repression of (INSERT HERE SYNDIES REVOLT)

The Guasina Convention
Eutanasio Rodriguez was brought to power by political outsiders and the rank-and-file of the Armed Forces; this was a reaction to INSERT HERE A VERY CRITICAL SITUATION ON THE HYSPANIC GOVERNMENT. His ascent marked the end of the Hyspanic Old Dynasty and the administration dominated by coffee-with-milk politics. He successfully influenced the outcome of the Brazilian presidential election of 19XX, and used fears of a Communist and Syndicallist uprising to institute an authoritarian corporatist regime in 1932 known as the New State. Vargas went on to appease and eventually dominate his supporters, and pushed his political agenda as he built a propaganda machine around his figure.

Rose to Power
Promoted to colonel, Rodriguez took command of the 6th Cavalry Divisional Regiment (1927-1929) in XXXX, where he fought the Anarchist Revolution in XXX in 19XX. Defended the Imperial Government against the revolts of 1930s, but already in 1932, fought the Syndicalist Riot in XXX. Appointed commander of the 1st Military Region (19XX-19XX), stood out in reaction to the communist/syndicalist movement in 19XX.

Rodriguez sought to transform Hyspania from a plantation-based economy into an industrialized powerhouse, using government intervention. His embrace of developmentalism was expressed not only in strong rhetoric, but also by lending protection to domestic industries and by devoting much state funding to investment aimed at kick-starting "strategic" sectors and setting up the necessary infrastructure. Vargas created state monopolies for oil (Cryole), mining (NMC), steelmaking (State Siderurgy Company), alkalis (State Alkalis Company) and automobiles (National Motors and Engine Factory). His policies shaped the Hyspanic economic debate for at least two decades, from the governments of XXXX and leftist XXX. The protectionist trend was reversed by the 1990s with the liberal reforms of XXXXXX and XXXXXXXXX.

Administration
During the Generalissimo government construction of the hydroelectric plant of Rio Azul, Medrano, and the President Eutanasio Rodriguez highway linking New Horizon to Bauxal was initiated. In October 1934 his government set up the Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores de las Fuerzas Armadas (ENESFA).