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While I think it would be good to have more diversity that I may provide, I don't have enough supporters ((any)) to even attempt an election bid. However I pledge my unfaltering allegience to whomever wins the forthcoming election and put myself at the service of their government, for the good of Chile.
I have consistently stated my desire to run once elections are set up. It seems so long ago that I was narrowly defeated by Roseno in the last legitimate election held. I suspect the political landscape will be greatly changed and I urge people to participate for this is what we fought for.
While treachery and necessity has rendered the initial leadership small, I have no doubt that Caviezel the younger and Tamiuski will form a fine imperial underground, for just as (TH pointed out after the coup) there are as many Imperialists as there are Republicanos in Chile.
After securing the Imperial Family safely outside of Chile, Vallenare may even return to raise a guerrilla army - if the Viceroyalists could do it, so can he!
He just won't have the broad-based support, the military organization, access into Chile (since he is, supposed to be, leaving with Cesar's wife and children), and would have to contend with the Empire begin incredibly unpopular.
You Viceroyalists lacked military organization, you had one general, he is one general.
And (as has been established officially in updates) the Empire holds at least as much popularity and broad support as the Republic did at the dawn of the Empire.
Three Hundred Thousand people rose up to overthrow you. The reason they didn't rise up earlier is because the Imperial troops were too numerous. The army is Republicano, the People are Republicano, and Chile is Republicano!
((I really hope I'm doing this right cut me some slack if I get anything wrong it's my first time at AAR))
Name:Angelo Araya Date of Birth: 1838 Occupation: Romanticist (not romantic, romanticist) author and poet, social philosopher, and burgeoning politician of "revivalist" thought Background: Born into a well-off aristocrats, Araya was sent off at a young age to Santiago for proper schooling in business and the arts. Despite the condemnation from his family, after completing his studies ( which were focused on political philosophy and romanticist thought), Araya journeyed throughout South America over a span of 2 years. During his journey Araya was heavily influenced by "post-Bolivarian" ideologues in Colombia. After returning to Chile in 1856, Angelo tried to support himself via his writings and paintings, (which were terrible). After failing as an author, Araya looked to the world of politics to make ends meet. In the wake of the republican uprising, Araya hopes to become an active member of parliament and bring Chile to new heights through whatever means is necessary.
((I realized about halfway through that this guy sounded like a mix between Hitler and Che Guevara. That is NOT what I'm going for here.))
I find the term viceroaylist ironic. Viceroyalist implies we serve under a Monarchy, as governors ruled by a foreign power. However, we as Republicanos have the dream of ruling with the power of the people of Chile. It is the Imperialists who should be the viceroaylists, for you all have decided at one point you knew what was better for Chile than her people did.
Hypocrisy, they name is Imperialistos.
I support the call for an Interim election. I plan to support de Santa's election for his leadership in the Reclaiming of Chile, and it speaks much to his character to support an Interim election when the presidency would have been all but handed to him anyways.
I dont believe something as precious as the Presidency of this country should be "kust handed" to anyone. That is why the elections are important and I am pleased that after prompting from a number of sources that De Rosa has recognised this.
Honestly, how do they expect to get any work done when the politicians keep fleeing the country every time someone picks up a rifle?
I'll just leave the cover sheet here and let them look at it if they get back.
Hola los politicos! As an up-and-coming politician representing the Northern Chile, I am very excited to be working with all of you as we rebuild our beloved land, which has been wracked by civil disorder and social inequality for far too long. I will gladly help in any way I can to expel the last vestiges of the usurper's power and re-establish a functional government for the Chilean people. It pains me to no end to see the many ex-imperialists be shackled by our new interim administration when they could be valuable allies as we grab the reigns and establish ourselves of Chile and Patagonia.
As for who I would support in a presidential election, I would need to see which candidate is the most dedicated to industrializing our proud nation and expanding Chilean influence throughout South America and beyond.
I support industrialization from the private sector; as such, I support tax cuts and less regulation in general. However, while I support free trade personally, I will follow the majority of Republicanos in dictating trade policy, be it free or protectionist.
The 3rd Chilean Civil War, 1861-1863, was a period of turmoil across most of Chile. Having been forced from Santiago to the country's north, Cesar I and the Imperial Cabinet, notably including the Prime Minister Disraeli, rapidly drafted a new battle plan. After receiving word that Sebastian Carrow, one of the founders of the Empire, had defected to the Republicans, Disraeli proposed what he called "the Black Plan", much to the alarm of the remaining members of the Imperial Court. The plan called for the abandonment of greater Chile and an attempt to establish a new Imperial government in Patagonia - the problem being, as Witold Tamiuszki pointed out - that in order to do so, they would first have to secure Patagonia.
The remaining court rapidly drafted a plan and dispatched it by courier to Governor-General Cortez, the highest ranking remaining loyalist officer (or so they thought) in Southern Chile. Conspicuously absent from this counsel was the Imperial Treasurer, Eduardo Romano. While still in Potosi, Disraeli and Cesar received the grim news that Romano had defected to the Republicans and the contents of the Imperial Treasury had gone with him . Worse still, news reached the court only days later that Cesar's own son, Sebastian Roseno, had decided to betray his father and defect to the rebels as well.
The Imperial Court, though wishing to move to Patagonia by Disraeli's plan, was left stranded in Potosi with no support in the entire north of the country - or so they then believed. Disraeli, however, continued to push on in the hope that Cortez would somehow be able to defend Patagonia and dislodge the remaining rebels from it and forge a glorious new Empire in the south. Some say that Disraeli became quite delusional in his final days as a free man, believing that fanciful plans and tactics would give the stranded government their victory.
These dreams, if they could so be called, were shattered when Disraeli received word back from his courier, who had managed to sneak hundreds of miles across the country to Cortez and back again. The news was grim: Cortez too had defected to the rebels. With this, Disraeli issued his final orders, commanding the Minister of Security Weissmuller and highest ranking remaining military officer, De Vallenare, to take the Emperor and his family and flee the country. This plan too backfired terribly, as the Minister of Security Karl Weissmuller finally showed his true colors, ordering his brigade to arrest De Vallenare, Disraeli, De Caviezel, and Cesar I. De Vallenare resisted, of course, but Weissmuller had a team of loyal soldiers at his back, while the former general had no army.
Weissmuller took De Vallenare, Disraeli, and the Emperor himself, ordering his troops to take all three to rebel lines in the north, where they handed them over to the Republican rifles. De Caviezel was not taken - the Minister of Foreign Affairs preferred suicide to capture and died in Potosi, his family escaping. Weissmuller, as his last act, allowed the Imperial family (the Emperor's wife and two younger sons) to leave before himself disappearing into the night - he was reported to have died at sea some months later.
Even with the Imperial court eradicated and their generals defected, the battle for Chile was not easy. Most of the armed forces refused to follow their Marshals in the mass defection, and 84,000 loyalist soldiers battled De Santa Rosa's Republicans for more than a year before finally giving up. The only serious challenge to Republican power was the campaign to seize Patagonia as per Disraeli's plan - a force of 45,000 Imperial soldiers marched through the country's south and fought northwards before making an ambitious campaign to retake Santiago itself. There, the force met De Santa Rosa himself and after a two-week battle were surrounded and destroyed.
Shortly thereafter, all organized Imperial resistance collapsed. Antonio de Santa Rosa declared national liberation on New Year's Day, 1863, and established the Chilean 3rd Republic with himself as provisional president until the next electoral cycle. However, there was less than total acceptance of his rule.
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Okay, there's really a lot of stuff so pay attention.
First on the docket is a vote of confidence in Antonio de Santa Rosa. We don't have time to do a full election right now, but we can at least do a vote of confidence. You can either vote Confidence or No Confidence. If Confidence succeeds, de Santa Rosa continues as provisional president until 1866. Otherwise a caretaker government holds power and basically no one is president.
Second on the docket is the Bolivia Question. Should we or should we not annex Bolivia? (This question is related to the Imperial invasion of the country and me forgetting that Bolivia actually could be annexed and that stuff I said earlier about Jujuy was idiotic.) You can vote Annex to annex Bolivia, Puppet to make it a puppet state, or Don't Annex to make it a free country. I'll give it to you at discounted infamy if you vote to annex, because my bad, and at a slight infamy cost if you choose to puppet it.
Next is the situation with all these people we need to try for overthrowing the Republic and fighting the revolution. They are: Cesar Roseno ((Red Cesar)), Antonio Disraeli ((Rogov)), Eduardo Romano ((Pallen)), Witold Tamiuszki ((tamius23)), Sebastian Carrow ((Seek75)), Sebastian Roseno ((King50000)), Alejandro Cortez ((Zzzzz)), and Jose de Vallenare ((Komisha)). You can vote either innocent or guilty for each. In total, the ballot looks like:
Confidence in President De Rosa: Confidence/No Confidence Annex Bolivia: Annex/Puppet/Don't Annex
Cesar Roseno ((Red Cesar)): Innocent/Guilty Antonio Disraeli ((Rogov)): Innocent/Guilty Eduardo Romano ((Pallen)): Innocent/Guilty Witold Tamiuszki ((tamius23)): Innocent/Guilty Sebastian Carrow ((Seek75)): Innocent/Guilty Sebastian Roseno ((King50000)): Innocent/Guilty Alejandro Cortez ((Zzzzz)): Innocent/Guilty Jose de Vallenare ((Komisha)): Innocent/Guilty
Additionally, people who were previously agitators are no longer agitator, you can vote again and aren't disenfranchised. However, if NEW agitators would like to declare, they can do so. (These would presumably be reactionary agitators, but who knows?)
Lastly, Cesar Roseno, Rogov, and tamius23, hoi2geek, and Komisha are disenfranchised because they backed the wrong side. (This includes hoi2geek even though he died and evaded justice that way.) Them's the rules. You can't vote until the next election in 1866.
And in other news, the USA got A House Divided, Socialists formed in Bavaria, and we became a Great Power. There's something for the next Secretary of State to think about.
De Santa Rosa, tell me who you want in your cabinet. If your confidence vote succeeds, I'll need one from you.
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