Balmaceda’s constitutional and financial reform during chilean political crisis, 1890-1891
Balmaceda’s constitutional and financial reform during chilean political crisis, 1890-1891
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The article analyzes the institutional and fi nancial reform agenda proposed by President José Manuel Balmaceda between 1890 and 1891. Based on a review of press media and congressional records, the article shows that since 1890 the balmacedismo promoted a constitutional and fi nancial reform aiming to extricate the Executive branch from the Congress and its control through parliamentarian practices.