Quiroga, Juan Facundo (hwän fäk
n`thō kērō`gä), 1790–1835, Argentine caudillo caudillo (kôdēl`yō Span. kouthē`yō), [Span.
..... Click the link for more information. . One of the most brutal of the early gaucho chieftains, he was called el tigre de los llanos (the tiger of the plains). After a turbulent youth, Quiroga participated briefly in the 1810 revolution against Spain and then rose rapidly to become, by 1822, virtual overlord of the Andean provinces of Argentina. Anxious to preserve control over his fiefdoms, he became a supporter of federalism. With other provincial caudillos he rejected the unitarian constitution of 1826, thus contributing to the downfall of President Bernardino Rivadavia Rivadavia, Bernardino (bārnärthē`nō rēväthä`vyä)
..... Click the link for more information. and to the installation (1827) of Manuel Dorrego Dorrego, Manuel (mänwĕl` dôr-rā`gō)
..... Click the link for more information. , a federalist, as governor of Buenos Aires. When Juan Lavalle Lavalle, Juan (hwän lävä`yā), 1797–1841, Argentine general, governor of Buenos Aires province (1828–29).
..... Click the link for more information. rose against Dorrego and had him executed, Quiroga and Juan Manuel de Rosas Rosas, Juan Manuel de (hwän mänwĕl` dā rô`säs)
..... Click the link for more information. joined Estanislao López, caudillo of Santa Fe, in putting down the insurrection and in destroying temporarily but with ruthless thoroughness the unitarian cause. In 1834, Quiroga came to Buenos Aires, which was then ruled by Rosas. Quiroga was assassinated while returning from a mission to the northern provinces, and it was believed that Rosas, who was angered by the rival caudillo, had instigated the killing. A famous study of Quiroga and his era is Domingo F. Sarmiento's Facundo (tr. Life in the Argentine Republic in the Days of the Tyrants, 6th ed. 1961).
n`thō kērō`gä), 1790–1835, Argentine caudillo caudillo (kôdēl`yō Span. kouthē`yō), [Span...... Click the link for more information. . One of the most brutal of the early gaucho chieftains, he was called el tigre de los llanos (the tiger of the plains). After a turbulent youth, Quiroga participated briefly in the 1810 revolution against Spain and then rose rapidly to become, by 1822, virtual overlord of the Andean provinces of Argentina. Anxious to preserve control over his fiefdoms, he became a supporter of federalism. With other provincial caudillos he rejected the unitarian constitution of 1826, thus contributing to the downfall of President Bernardino Rivadavia Rivadavia, Bernardino (bārnärthē`nō rēväthä`vyä)
..... Click the link for more information. and to the installation (1827) of Manuel Dorrego Dorrego, Manuel (mänwĕl` dôr-rā`gō)
..... Click the link for more information. , a federalist, as governor of Buenos Aires. When Juan Lavalle Lavalle, Juan (hwän lävä`yā), 1797–1841, Argentine general, governor of Buenos Aires province (1828–29).
..... Click the link for more information. rose against Dorrego and had him executed, Quiroga and Juan Manuel de Rosas Rosas, Juan Manuel de (hwän mänwĕl` dā rô`säs)
..... Click the link for more information. joined Estanislao López, caudillo of Santa Fe, in putting down the insurrection and in destroying temporarily but with ruthless thoroughness the unitarian cause. In 1834, Quiroga came to Buenos Aires, which was then ruled by Rosas. Quiroga was assassinated while returning from a mission to the northern provinces, and it was believed that Rosas, who was angered by the rival caudillo, had instigated the killing. A famous study of Quiroga and his era is Domingo F. Sarmiento's Facundo (tr. Life in the Argentine Republic in the Days of the Tyrants, 6th ed. 1961).
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