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Juan Facundo Quiroga

1788–1835 · 19th century

Juan Facundo Quiroga was an Argentine caudillo from La Rioja and one of the most powerful Federalist leaders of the civil wars after independence. Defeated by José María Paz at La Tablada and Oncativo, he crushed the Unitarians at La Ciudadela in 1831. He was murdered at Barranca Yaco in 1835, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento made him the subject of his book Facundo (1845).

Juan Facundo Quiroga
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Unitarian League

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