Adolfo Saldías (

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, 6 September 1849; La Paz, Bolivia 17 October 1914) was an Argentinian

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, lawyer,

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and diplomat. Saldías received his law degree in 1875 and published a thesis on the subject of ''Civil matrimony''. he started to participate in politics through the popular Autonomist Party of Buenos Aires, led by

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and confronting Bartolomé Mitre, along with Aristóbulo del Valle, Leandro Alem and

Bernardo de Irigoyen Bernardo de Irigoyen (December 18, 1822 – December 27, 1906) was an Argentine lawyer, diplomat and politician. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Irigoyen enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires and earned a ''juris doctor'' in 1843. He was ...

with whom he would form the future Radical Civic Union party. He took an active part on the

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and was one of the first to enter the Artillery Park, along with Leandro Alem, being arrested and exiled to

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. A founding member of the Radical Civic Union in 1891, he was again part of an armed insurrection in the Revolution of 1893, being arrested, incarcerated in

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and again exiled to Uruguay. In 1898, he was named Minister of Public Works and in 1902, Vicegobernor of Buenos Aires Province, following

. He was an active freemason.

José María Rosa José María Rosa (August 20, 1906 – July 2, 1991), also known as ''Pepe'' Rosa, was an Argentine historian, one of the most notable of the Argentine nationalist revisionist historians. Biography Rosa was born in Buenos Aires in 1906. He stud ...

and

Fermín Chávez Fermín Chávez ( Nogoyá 13 July 1924 – 28 May 2006) was an Argentine historian, poet and journalist, born in El Pueblito, a small town near Nogoyá, province of Entre Ríos. He studied humanities in Córdoba, philosophy in Buenos Aires, ...

recognize in Saldías the precursor of the revisionist school of Argentine politics. He wrote works on the life of Juan Manuel de Rosas and the Argentine Confederation, which earned him intellectual prestige and good sales income, and the favor of being considered as part of the Buenos Aires intellectual elite. In 1881 he published the first version of what in 1888 would be his master work, the ''Historia de la Confederación Argentina''. With ingenuity, he dedicated it to Mitre and sent it to him for consideration. Mitre responded harshly, condemning the work, his conclusions and the author. The press of the day ignored the book, limiting its publication. As author, he was practically condemned to a civil death, as it was not even commented upon in the press, not even to criticize it. In 1912, he travelled to Bolivia as official envoy and ambassador, a post he maintained until his death. Saldías station in Buenos Aires is named after him.

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* ''Ensayo sobre la historia de la Constitución Argentina'', 1878 * ''Historia de Rosas'' later retitled ''Historia de la Confederación Argentina'', 1881/1883 * ''Bianchietto'', 1896 * ''La Evolución republicana durante la Revolución Argentina'', 1906 * ''Papeles de Rozas'', two volumes (1906–1907) * ''La Idea del Simbolismo Masónico'' * ''Los Números de línea del ejercito argentino'', 1888

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