[Daza Groselle]. Bolivian politician and revolutionist, born in the city of Sucre, Bolivia, in 1840. He was partly of Indian blood. At the age of eighteen he entered the army of Liberals, and during a series of revolutions won the regard of President Melgarejo. In 1871 he turned against his friend, and for his service in quieting the turbulent factions President Morales, who had supplanted Melgarejo, promoted Daza and made him Secretary of War. Morales died in 1872, and in a subsequent election Daza claimed to be elected, seized the government, and was inaugurated, May 4, 1876. His administration was popular, and as quiet as any previous one. In 1879 the war with Chile broke out. Daza left the government in the hands of his Foreign Minister, while he marched with 4,000 Bolivian soldiers into Peru and southward to Chile. After entering Chile, however, he left his army to its fate and hurried back to the capital. Before reaching it he heard there had been a revolution in La Paz and General Narciso Campero had been chosen as his successor. Daza fled to France. He returned to Bolivia a few years later, but always was regarded with suspicion. He was killed by a Bolivian mob on the 1st of March 1894.
