Manuel Dorrego

Manuel Dorrego
Manuel Dorrego

Interim Governor of Buenos Aires Province In office June 29, 1820 September 20, 1820 Preceded by Succeeded by Miguel Estanislao Soler Martn Rodrguez

Governor of Buenos Aires Province In office August 13, 1827 December 1, 1828 Preceded by Succeeded by Juan Gregorio de Las Heras Juan Lavalle Personal details Born June 11, 1787 Buenos Aires December 1, 1828 (aged41) Navarro La Recoleta cemetery Argentina

Died

Resting place Nationality

Political party Federal Alma mater Profession Real Universidad de San Felipe Military Military service Allegiance Unit Battles/wars United Provinces of the Ro de la Plata Army of the North Second Upper Peru campaign

Manuel Dorrego Manuel Dorrego (11 June 1787 13 December 1828) was an Argentine statesman and soldier. He was governor of Buenos Aires in 1820, and then again from 1827 to 1828.

Life and Politics

Dorrego was born in Buenos Aires on June 11, 1787. He enrolled in the Real Colegio de San Carlos in 1803, and moved to the Real Universidad de San Felipe in the Captaincy General of Chile to continue his studies. He supported the early steps of the Chilean War of Independence in 1810, which led to the removal of the Spanish colonial authorities and the establishment of the first Chilean Government Junta.[1] He moved to the United Provinces of the Ro de la Plata (modern Argentina), and joined the Army of the North, under the command of Manuel Belgrano. He fought in the battles of Tucumn and Salta, being injured in both. He was sanctioned by Belgrano for promoting a duel. As a result, he did not take part in the battles of Vilcapugio and Ayohuma, two defeats of the Army of the North, and Belgrano regretted later the absence of Dorrego from them. Dorrego opposed the Luso-Brazilian invasion of the Banda Oriental, encouraged by Juan Martn de Pueyrredn to counter the influence of Jos Gervasio Artigas. He was exiled by Pueyrredn, and stayed some time in Baltimore (United States). He studied federalism in the United States, and thought that each state of a country should have some autonomy, rejecting the strong centralization into a single government sought by Pueyrredn. During this times he wrote the Cartas apologticas, criticizing the support of Pueyrredn to the Luso-Brazilian invasion.[2] He returned to Buenos Aires in 1819, following the departure of Pueyrredn. He was appointed as interim governor, and fought against the armies of Alvear, Carrera and Estanislao Lpez. Still, he was resisted in the city, and the stable appointment as governor was given to Martn Rodrguez instead. He was banished again, and moved to Upper Peru. He met Simn Bolvar in Quito, and supported his ideas of unifying all the continent into a giant federation.[3] Dorrego returned to Buenos Aires a short time afterwards and worked in the legislature of Buenos Aires in the 1826 Constituent Assembly. He strongly supported a federal system of government and criticized the qualified suffrage. However, the 1826 Constitution promoted a strong centralized government and qualified suffrage.[4] Dorrego opposed the government of the unitarian Bernardino Rivadavia, who was appointed as the first president of Argentina, and voiced his criticism in the newspaper "El Tribuno". Resisted by all the provinces, Rivadavia resigned as president, and vice president Vicente Lpez y Planes resigned as well. No longer having a national head of state, the legislature appointed Dorrego as governor of the Buenos Aires province. He took measures to support the poor people, promote a federal organization of the country, and ended the ArgentineBrazilian War.[5]

Execution of Manuel Dorrego.

The Argentine troops were discontented with Dorrego because he accepted the conditions imposed by the British diplomacy despite their military victories in the conflict. Encouraged by the Unitarian party, Juan Lavalle led a coup against Dorrego on December 1, 1828. Dorrego left the city and organized his forces in the countryside. He was defeated, and then executed by Lavalle.[6] Lavalle closed the legislature and began a period of political violence against the Federals, but he was defeated and forced to resign by Juan Manuel de Rosas, who restored the institutions that existed before Lavalle's coup.[7]

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References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Galasso, p. 257 Galasso, pp. 257-258 Galasso, p. 258 Galasso, pp. 258-260 Galasso, pp. 260-264 Galasso, pp. 265-266 Galasso, pp. 265-271

Bibliography
Galasso, Norberto (2011). Historia de la Argentina, vol. I&II (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Colihue. ISBN978-950-563-478-1.
Political offices Precededby Vicente Lpez y Planes Governor of Buenos Aires Province 1827-1828 Succeededby Juan Manuel de Rosas

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