Uruguayan discontent leads to an armed uprising…

Uruguayan discontent leads to an armed uprising by Blanco forces in 1897.

The insurrection is led by Aparicio Saravia, a caudillo from a ranching family originally from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul who is involved in military and political affairs on both sides of the border.

The Saravia revolution raises the flag of electoral guarantees, the secret ballot, and proportional representation.

Military action has not yet decided the situation when President Borda is assassinated.

'The president of the Senate (the upper house of the General Assembly), Juan Lindolfo Cuestas (1897- 1903), serves as provisional president until 1899, when he is elected constitutional president.

Cuestas quickly signs a peace agreement with the National Party, giving it control over six of Uruguay's departments and promising all citizens their political rights.

An anticlericalist, Cuestas places restrictions on the exercise of Roman Catholicism and tries to prevent admission to the country of friars and priests.