The 1874 Revolt of Mitre: Argentina's Civil War Aftermath

In 1874, Argentina's founding president Bartolomé Mitre took up arms against the government of Nicolás Avellaneda, igniting a brief but bloody civil war. This episode unravels the political crisis triggered by the fraudulent election of 1874, Mitre's alliance with the Autonomists, and the dramatic naval battle at Vuelta de Obligado. We follow the rebellion from its stirring call in Buenos Aires to its suppression at the Battle of La Verde, where Colonel José Inocencio Arias, a former Mitre loyalist, turned the tide with new Remington rifles. Along the way, we explore the deeper tensions between Buenos Aires and the interior, the contested legacy of national unification, and how a defeated general managed to shape Argentina's future from exile. Lucas and Luna also reflect on how this forgotten revolt prefigured the country's recurring cycle of electoral fraud and armed insurrection, a pattern that would persist into the twentieth century.

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