jan 26, 1930 - primo de rivera is ousted

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Primo de Rivera was a political improviser who believed his mission was to save Spain from the old politicians and to hand over government (after an interval of personal rule) to “clean” patriots. He failed to complete the process because his rule became increasingly unpopular, especially among intellectuals and Catalans. His followers’ attempts to build up a political party (the Patriotic Union) to run a regenerated Spain and provide it with ideology. this political movement carried the ideology "country, religion, monarchy."

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