Agustín de Ruiloba

Manuel Agustín de Ruyloba y Calderón (d. September 15, 1733) served as the Governor of Paraguay in 1733. He immediately faced disobedience, followed by rebellion from the comuneros who controlled the countryside, and was killed soon after his tenure began.

Biography Ruyloba's early life is not well known. He was maestre de campo of Callao when he was named Governor of Paraguay, a province in turmoil due to the Revolt of the Comuneros. Ruyloba was not the Viceroy's choice for Governor, but rather the Crown in Spain; it is possible that the Continental Spaniards did not have a good sense of how deeply the problems in Paraguay ran and what kind of politician would be needed to quell them. Ruyloba was offered a force of 300 soldiers to take with him by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, governor of the neighboring Río de la Plata, but he declined it, believing the promises the Paraguayans sent of their loyalty to the King and not wishing to antagonize the situation prematurely. Ruyloba entered Asunción on July 27, 1733, and was recognized as Governor.