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Roca, Julio Argentino (h

`lyō ärhāntē`nō rō`kä), 1843–1914, general who became president of Argentina (1880–86, 1898–1904). Minister of war under Nicolas Avellaneda Avellaneda, Nicolás (nēkōläs` ävāyänā`thä)
..... Click the link for more information. , he crushed (1878–79) the Patagonians, bringing the wars against indigenous peoples to a close and opening the Pampas for colonization. During his first administration, Buenos Aires was made the national capital, resolving the conflict over central rule. It was a time of accelerated immigration, railway construction, exceptional economic growth, financial speculation and, increasingly, government corruption. Roca's second administration was marked by recovery from the crisis caused by the misgovernment of Miguel Juárez Celman Juárez Celman, Miguel (mēgĕl` hwä`rās sĕl`män), 1844–1909, president of Argentina (1886–90).
..... Click the link for more information. . In particular, currency was stabilized. The boundary dispute with Chile was settled in 1902, and peace between the nations was symbolized in the Christ of the Andes Christ of the Andes, statue of Jesus commemorating a series of peace and boundary treaties between Argentina and Chile. Dedicated Mar. 13, 1904, it stands in Uspallata Pass , high in the Andes, on the Argentine-Chilean boundary.
..... Click the link for more information. (dedicated Mar., 1904). Roca's foreign minister, Luis M. Drago Drago Doctrine, intended as a corollary of the Monroe Doctrine. Drago, apparently under the erroneous impression that the European nations were merely attempting to collect unpaid bonds, maintained that no public debt should be collected from a sovereign American state by armed
..... Click the link for more information. , formulated the significant Drago Doctrine (1902).