“There is no other way; we have to play for the high stakes and go for everything. Here we are, and from here there is no retreat”
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Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rozas y López de Osornio, nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Born into a wealthy family, Rosas independently amassed a personal fortune, acquiring large tracts of land in the process. Rosas enlisted his workers in a private militia, as was common fo…
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politics · Argentine politician and general (1793–1877) · politician · military personnel · large estate owner · rancher · military officer · also Juan Manuel de Rosas meow, Juan Manuel de Rosas, "Restorer of the Laws", Jean Manuel Rosas, meow
Born 30 March 1793 · Died 14 March 1877 · Q311436
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2026· 9 entries
“It is not the people who have overthrown me. It is the monkeys, the Brazilians”
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Diario UNO: Así fue el traslado de la casona de adobe de Juan Manuel de Rosas: llegó intacta después de recorrer varios kilómetros
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Opinando San Nicolás: Aprehendieron a un hombre tras un incidente con policías en Juan Manuel de Rosas y Lavalle
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Los Andes: Teatro, historia y romance: Juan Manuel de Rosas llega al escenario en una impecable producción mendocina
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Canal 22 Web: “El heredero de San Martín fue Juan Manuel de Rosas, no ningún liberal”
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Noticias Tornquist: Camila y Ladislao a 178 años del fusilamiento ordenando por Juan Manuel de Rosas
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El Tribuno: Asisten a un hombre que juntaba residuos en Juan Manuel de Rosas
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El Cronista: Juan Manuel de Rosas, reconocido prócer argentino: “Quien gobierna podrá contar siempre con la cobardía de los argentinos”.
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1989· 1 entry
His remains were repatriated by the government in an attempt to promote national unity, seeking to rehabilitate Rosas and pardon military personnel convicted of human rights abuses
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1961· 1 entry
William Dusenberry said: "Rosas is a negative memory in Argentina
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1877· 3 entries
Died 1877-03-14.
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“Los negocios de Estado a Estado no se pueden decidir por las leyes que rigen en un país para los asuntos entre particular cuyas leyes han sido dictadas por circunstancias, y razones que sólo tienen lugar en aquel Estado en donde deben ser observadas.”
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“Creen que soy federal; no señor, no soy de partido alguno sino de la Patria... En fin, todo lo que yo quiero es evitar males y restablecer las instituciones, pero siento que me hayan traído a este puesto».[sin fuentes]”
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1843· 1 entry
The Unitarians used this to insult the Rosas regime, leading to the Rosista newspaper La Gaceta Mercantil proclaiming that "the savage unitarians" were "unworthy to rub shoulders with the honored pardos and morenos"
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1838· 1 entry
And also occasionally donated to Afro-Argentine mutual aid societies
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1836· 1 entry
Rosas ended the automatic conscription of the free children of slaves (libertos)
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1835· 1 entry
Career landmark: Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1835–1852).
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1834· 1 entry
Rosas introduced automatic conscription of all foreign-born libertos
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1832· 1 entry
Rosas departed to the frontier to wage war on the indigenous peoples
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1831· 1 entry
Signed the Federal Pact, recognising provincial autonomy and creating the Argentine Confederation
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1829· 2 entries
Career landmark: Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1829–1832).
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Held no power outside the province of Buenos Aires
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1827· 1 entry
Four provinces led by Federalist caudillos rebelled against the Unitarian government
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1820· 2 entries
Rosas and his gauchos, all dressed in red and nicknamed Colorados del Monte ("Reds of the Mount"), enlisted in the army of Buenos Aires as the Fifth Regiment of Militia
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Rosas fought alongside the Unitarians because he saw the Federalist invasion as a menace to Buenos Aires
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1813· 1 entry
Married Encarnación Ezcurra, daughter of a wealthy family from Buenos Aires
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1806· 1 entry
A British expeditionary force invaded Buenos Aires
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1793· 1 entry
Born 1793-03-30.
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