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Lacking, however, was any immediate indication that the Carías administration was destined to survive any longer than most of its predecessors.

Shortly before Carías's inauguration, dissident Liberals, despite the opposition of Vicente Mejía, had risen in revolt.

Carías had taken command of the government forces, obtained arms from El Salvador, and crushed the uprising in short order.

Most of Carías's first term in office was devoted to efforts to avoid financial collapse, improve the military, engage in a limited program of road building, and lay the foundations for prolonging his own hold on power.