Argentina 1910: The Centennial and the Myth of Progress

In 1910, Argentina threw a lavish centennial party to celebrate a hundred years since the May Revolution. The festivities showcased Buenos Aires as the 'Paris of South America'—with grand avenues, opera houses, and an influx of European immigrants. But beneath the glittering surface, social inequality simmered: anarchists and socialists organized strikes, the rural poor were excluded from the bounty, and the elite's vision of progress ignored the country's indigenous and mestizo roots. This episode explores the contradictions of the Centennial, from the monumental buildings (the Colón Theatre, the Congress) to the labor unrest that foreshadowed the struggles of the following decades. We discuss the role of immigration, the Generation of '80, and how the myth of a prosperous, European Argentina was both a triumph and a trap.

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