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Mariano Gálvez
Mariano Gálvez was a Guatemalan lawyer and liberal politician, head of state of Guatemala within the Central American Federation from 1831 to 1838. He introduced civil marriage, the Livingston penal codes, secular education and land grants to foreign colonists. A cholera epidemic and a head tax provoked the rural revolt led by Rafael Carrera that brought him down.
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