Juan Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 14 March 1877) was an army officer who ruled Buenos Aires

Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Like other wealthy provincial warlords, Rosas enlisted rural
workers from his landholdings in a private militia, and took part in the numerous disputes and civil wars in his
country. He eventually became the undisputed leader of the Argentine army and the Federalist Party. In 1831,
he signed the Federal Pact, recognizing provincial autonomy and creating the Argentine Confederation. He
established a dictatorship and formed the repressive Mazorca, an armed parapolice that killed thousands of
citizens. By 1848, after a war against the PeruBolivian Confederation, a blockade by France, and a revolt in
his own province, he ruled all of Argentina, and was attempting to annex the neighboring nations of Uruguay
and Paraguay. When the Empire of Brazil came to Uruguay's aid, Rosas declared war in August 1851. The
short Platine War ended with the defeat of Rosas and his flight to Britain. His last years were spent in exile
living as a tenant farmer. Juan Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 14 March 1877) was an army officer who
ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Like other wealthy provincial warlords,
Rosas enlisted rural workers from his landholdings in a private militia, and took part in the numerous disputes
and civil wars in his country. He eventually became the undisputed leader of the Argentine army and the
Federalist Party. In 1831, he signed the Federal Pact, recognizing provincial autonomy and creating the
Argentine Confederation. He established a dictatorship and formed the repressive Mazorca, an armed
parapolice that killed thousands of citizens. By 1848, after a war against the PeruBolivian Confederation, a
blockade by France, and a revolt in his own province, he ruled all of Argentina, and was attempting to annex
the neighboring nations of Uruguay and Paraguay. When the Empire of Brazil came to Uruguay's aid, Rosas
declared war in August 1851. The short Platine War ended with the defeat of Rosas and his flight to Britain.
His last years were spent in exile living as a tenant farmer. Juan Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 14
March 1877) was an army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation.
Like other wealthy provincial warlords, Rosas enlisted rural workers from his landholdings in a private militia,
and took part in the numerous disputes and civil wars in his country. He eventually became the undisputed
leader of the Argentine army and the Federalist Party. In 1831, he signed the Federal Pact, recognizing
provincial autonomy and creating the Argentine Confederation. He established a dictatorship and formed the
repressive Mazorca, an armed parapolice that killed thousands of citizens. By 1848, after a war against the
PeruBolivian Confederation, a blockade by France, and a revolt in his own province, he ruled all of
Argentina, and was attempting to annex the neighboring nations of Uruguay and Paraguay. When the Empire
of Brazil came to Uruguay's aid, Rosas declared war in August 1851. The short Platine War ended with the
defeat of Rosas and his flight to Britain. His last years were spent in exile living as a tenant farmer. Juan
Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 14 March 1877) was an army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province
and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Like other wealthy provincial warlords, Rosas enlisted rural workers
from his landholdings in a private militia, and took part in the numerous disputes and civil wars in his country.
He eventually became the undisputed leader of the Argentine army and the Federalist Party. In 1831, he
signed the Federal Pact, recognizing provincial autonomy and creating the Argentine Confederation. He
established a dictatorship and formed the repressive Mazorca, an armed parapolice that killed thousands of
citizens. By 1848, after a war against the PeruBolivian Confederation, a blockade by France, and a revolt in
his own province, he ruled all of Argentina, and was attempting to annex the neighboring nations of Uruguay
and Paraguay. When the Empire of Brazil came to Uruguay's aid, Rosas declared war in August 1851. The
short Platine War ended with the defeat of Rosas and his flight to Britain. His last years were spent in exile
living as a tenant farmer. Juan Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 14 March 1877) was an army officer who
ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Like other wealthy provincial warlords,
Rosas enlisted rural workers from his landholdings in a private militia, and took part in the numerous disputes
and civil wars in his country. He eventually became the undisputed leader of the Argentine army and the
Federalist Party. In 1831, he signed the Federal Pact, recognizing provincial autonomy and creating the
Argentine Confederation. He established a dictatorship and formed the repressive Mazorca, an armed
parapolice that killed thousands of citizens. By 1848, after a war against the PeruBolivian Confederation, a
blockade by France, and a revolt in his own province, he ruled all of Argentina, and was attempting to annex
the neighboring nations of Uruguay and Paraguay. When the Empire of Brazil came to Uruguay's aid, Rosas
declared war in August 1851. The short Platine War ended with the defeat of Rosas and his flight to Britain.
His last years were spent in exile living as a tenant farmer.