Carlos César Delía
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Carlos César Delía is an Argentine equestrian and a retired brigade general in the Argentine Army, born in Concordia
, Entre Ríos province. He represented his country in several Olympic Games and World Championships, achieving a second place at the 1960 World Championship in Venice, Italy.
Some of his best remembered horses were Discutido, Huipil, Maravedí and Cardón.
His last appointment in the Argentine Army was as commander of the III Army Corps, which at the time was engaged in battle against the People's Revolutionary Army
in the province of Tucumán
. In August 1975, after an institutional crisis due to the designation of active colonel Vicente Damasco as Minister of the Interior, Delía, as the second highest ranking general, rebelled against the commander of the Army, lt. general Numa Laplane. The crisis ended with the appointment of brigade general Jorge Rafael Videla
as commander of the Army, the replacement of Damasco with civilian Angel Federico Robledo and the retirement of both Numa Laplane and Delía.
Concordia, Entre Ríos
San Antonio de Padua de la Concordia is a city in the north-east of the province of Entre Ríos in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 142,000 inhabitants as of the , and is the head town of the department of the same name.Concordia lies on the right-hand shore of the Uruguay River, opposite...
, Entre Ríos province. He represented his country in several Olympic Games and World Championships, achieving a second place at the 1960 World Championship in Venice, Italy.
Some of his best remembered horses were Discutido, Huipil, Maravedí and Cardón.
His last appointment in the Argentine Army was as commander of the III Army Corps, which at the time was engaged in battle against the People's Revolutionary Army
People's Revolutionary Army (Argentina)
The Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo was the military branch of the communist Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores in Argentina...
in the province of Tucumán
Tucumán Province
Tucumán is the most densely populated, and the smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring provinces are, clockwise from the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero and...
. In August 1975, after an institutional crisis due to the designation of active colonel Vicente Damasco as Minister of the Interior, Delía, as the second highest ranking general, rebelled against the commander of the Army, lt. general Numa Laplane. The crisis ended with the appointment of brigade general Jorge Rafael Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo is a former senior commander in the Argentine Army who was the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. He came to power in a coup d'état that deposed Isabel Martínez de Perón...
as commander of the Army, the replacement of Damasco with civilian Angel Federico Robledo and the retirement of both Numa Laplane and Delía.