EIGHT KEY POLITICAL PHASES IN ARGENTINAS HISTORY

Colony
Confederation Oligarchy

Radicals

Infamou
s d.

Peron

Army Democracy

EIGHT KEY POLITICAL PHASES IN ARGENTINAS HISTORY

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Colony
Confederation Oligarchy
1492

1810

1862

Radicals

Infamou
s d.

1912

1930

1492: Christopher Columbus discovered

America
1580: Buenos Aires is founded as part of the
Peru Viceroyalty but it was not an important
zone for the Spanish Empire
1776: Rio de la Plata Viceroyalty is founded
and becomes an essential part of the Spanish
Empire due to its port

1943

Peron

Army Democracy

1955

1983

Today

EIGHT KEY POLITICAL PHASES IN ARGENTINAS HISTORY

1

Colony
Confederation Oligarchy
1492

1810

1862

Radicals

Infamou
s d.

1912

1816: Argentina got its independence from

Spain
Basically for 50 years two groups fought for
the ideal country organization:
Federals: They wanted the autonomy of
the states
Unitarians: States should not be
independent from Buenos Aires
Finally Federals won, but Argentina is pretty
much centralized in Buenos Aires

1930

1943

Peron

Army Democracy

1955

1983

Today

EIGHT KEY POLITICAL PHASES IN ARGENTINAS HISTORY

1

Colony
Confederation Oligarchy
1492

1810

1862

Radicals

Infamou
s d.

1912

1930

1878-1885: Julio Roca killed all the indians,

expanded the argentine territory (this is the
reason why Argentina does not have native
population) and gave lands to his generals
A strong economical force was born: the
oligarchy
Oligarchys power was based on exclusion and
electoral fraud
Lots of european inmigrants came to populate
the empty lands. A strong presence of
anarchists and socialists

1943

Peron

Army Democracy

1955

1983

Today