José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz was a Colombian general and politician of Pijao ancestry, who fought in the South American wars of independence, and who in 1854 rose to power and held the presidency of Colombia. In August, 1850, artisans demanded protection and the creation of a national workshop supported by the Government.

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  • José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz was a Colombian general and politician of Pijao ancestry, who fought in the South American wars of independence, and who in 1854 rose to power and held the presidency of Colombia. In August, 1850, artisans demanded protection and the creation of a national workshop supported by the Government. General José María Melo assumed power in 1854 with the support of members of the Sociedad Democrática, a coalition of artisans and liberals who did not think that democracy and dictatorship were incompatible. But after Melo was militarily defeated that same year, soldiers and artisans were severely repressed. José María Melo also served as general of cavalry in Mexico during the War of the Reform in 1860.
  • José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz fue un militar y político nacido en la actual Colombia, cuando aún formaba parte del virreinato español de Nueva Granada. De origen indígena pijao, e hijo de Manuel Antonio Melo y María Antonia Ortiz, creció en Ibagué. Fue Presidente de su país durante la Revolución de 1854.
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  • José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz was a Colombian general and politician of Pijao ancestry, who fought in the South American wars of independence, and who in 1854 rose to power and held the presidency of Colombia. In August, 1850, artisans demanded protection and the creation of a national workshop supported by the Government.
  • José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz fue un militar y político nacido en la actual Colombia, cuando aún formaba parte del virreinato español de Nueva Granada. De origen indígena pijao, e hijo de Manuel Antonio Melo y María Antonia Ortiz, creció en Ibagué. Fue Presidente de su país durante la Revolución de 1854.
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