Totoposte Wars

Totoposte Wars
Guatemalan soldiers in Guatemala City in 1903.
Date 1890 (first war) 1903 (second war) 1906 (third war) Location Central America, mostly in Guatemala Result Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
First Totoposte War  El Salvador	First Totoposte War  Guatemala Salvadoran exiles
Second Totoposte War  El Salvador Mexico Guatemalan exiles	Second Totoposte War  Guatemala
Third Totoposte War  El Salvador Mexico Guatemalan exiles	Third Totoposte War  Guatemala
Commanders and leaders
First Totoposte War Carlos Ezeta Antonio Ezeta	First Totoposte War Manuel Barillas Juan Martín Barrundia † Camilo Álvarez
Second Totoposte War Tomás Regalado Porfirio Díaz Manuel Barillas	Second Totoposte War Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Third Totoposte War Pedro José Escalón Tomás Regalado † Porfirio Díaz Maximiliano Aguilar Santa María Manuel Barillas	Third Totoposte War Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Strength
Unknown	55,000

The Totoposte Wars were three military conflicts fought in Central America between 1890 and 1906. The First Totoposte War occurred during the presidency of Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián in Guatemala, after the overthrow of Salvadoran President Francisco Menéndez by General Carlos Ezeta in El Salvador, which caused the exile of many Salvadorans who took refuge in Guatemala and who requested the help of President Barillas Bercián to stop the armies of Ezeta. The Second Totoposte War arose after the opposition of Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera to the integration of Guatemala with the Greater Republic of Central America since Estrada Cabrera was more inclined to work with the government of the United States.^[1] The Third Totoposte War occurred in 1906 in similar conditions. In all three wars, the Guatemalan people mockingly referred to the war as the "Totoposte War" because it only served to consume large amounts of this corn-based food, without actually fighting.^[2]