Antonio José Cañas

Antonio José Cañas Quintanilla (26 October 1785, San Vicente, El Salvador – 24 February 1844, El Salvador) was a Salvadoran military officer, diplomat, and politician. For two brief periods he was head of state of the State of El Salvador, within the Federal Republic of Central America (1839 and 1840). Nearly 150 years later, U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressed a summit meeting of Central American presidents in San José, Costa Rica with the following words:

Antonio José Cañas

Antonio José Cañas Quintanilla (26 October 1785, San Vicente, El Salvador – 24 February 1844, El Salvador) was a Salvadoran military officer, diplomat, and politician. For two brief periods he was head of state of the State of El Salvador, within the Federal Republic of Central America (1839 and 1840). Nearly 150 years later, U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressed a summit meeting of Central American presidents in San José, Costa Rica with the following words: