Six years after assuming a governorship, this ruler became known as the "Restorer of the Laws." He imprisoned Jose Maria Paz for seven years after Paz founded the Liga Unitaria and revolted. He created a secret police force called La Mazorca, or "the ear of corn," as his personal band of assassins. His expedition against Bolivia resulted in expulsion of the dictator Santa Cruz, while he supported Manuel Oribe against Fructuoso Rivera in Uruguay. His conflicts with Europe included a brief war with Louis Philippe of France over treatment of an envoy. He was overthrown by
Six years after assuming a governorship, this ruler became known as the "Restorer of the Laws." He imprisoned Jose Maria Paz for seven years after Paz founded the Liga Unitaria and revolted. He created a secret police force called La Mazorca, or "the ear of corn," as his personal band of assassins. His expedition against Bolivia resulted in expulsion of the dictator Santa Cruz, while he supported Manuel Oribe against Fructuoso Rivera in Uruguay. His conflicts with Europe included a brief war with Louis Philippe of France over treatment of an envoy. He was overthrown by Justo Jose de Urquiza and his ally General Quiroga was denounced in the novel Facundo by Domingo Sarmiento, who in 1868 would assume this man's most famous office. For 10 points, identify this caudillo who, from 1829 until 1852, held power in Argentina.
Six years after assuming a governorship, this ruler became known as the "Restorer of the Laws."
Juan Manuel de Rosas