- Martín Rodríguez
Martín Rodríguez (
Buenos Aires ; 1771 –Montevideo ; 1845) was an Argentine politician and soldier.Rodríguez studied in Buenos Aires, and later took part in the resistance to the British incursions of the area during the
Napoleonic Wars . Later, he played a part in the events of theMay Revolution and, with the establishment of theFirst Junta which resulted, he was sent to the province of Entre Ríos to support the activities ofManuel Belgrano inParaguay .Later, Rodríguez was colonel of a unit of
hussars and organized the militias that later menaced a political meeting in April 1811, in an attempt to supportCornelio Saavedra . As a result of this, Rodríguez was temporarily imprisoned inSan Juan, Argentina .The following year Rodríguez intervened in the
Battle of Salta . He was chief of thegeneral staff of theArmy of the North , and later acted as the president ofCharcas . Rejoining the troops, he participated in the defeats of Venta and Media and theBattle of Sipe-Sipe .In 1820 Rodríguez was named governor of Buenos Aires. He appointed
Bernardino Rivadavia as his minister and began a reform of the government, which in 1824 passed toJuan Gregorio de las Heras .External links
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