Miguel García-Granados plays a key part in…

Miguel García-Granados plays a key part in the regime of Justo Rufino Barrios, the founder of "the army of forty-five men".

He serves as a provisional president from 1871 after the liberal victory of Guatemala City.

Born in Puerto de Santa María, Spain, García-Granados, had been brought to Central America as a young adolescent.

A member of a very wealthy family who has a profession of arms, he had visited several places at the age of twenty-three, including South America, the European continent, and the cities of New York and Philadelphia in the USA.

He had completed his schooling in London.

Known to Guatemalans as a moderate liberal, García-Granados had compromised with Rafael Carrera, and has always wanted to get along with General Vicente Cerna Sandoval, his successor.

Failing in this, and known to be sympathetic with the revolt against the government, García Granadosh had fled to exile and had been supported by Guatemalan liberals.

After going back to Guatemala, García Granados had become the leader of the revolution against  Cerna, eventually becoming known as its philosopher.