The Last Confederation: Buenos Aires vs the Provinces

After the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1852, Argentina didn't immediately unify. Instead, it fractured into two competing states: the Argentine Confederation, led by Justo José de Urquiza from Paraná, and the secessionist State of Buenos Aires, led by Bartolomé Mitre. For nearly a decade, Argentina had two presidents, two capitals, two armies, and two currencies. This episode tells the story of that strange, forgotten civil war — the Battle of Pavón, the Siege of Buenos Aires, and the political maneuvering that finally brought the country together in 1862. We explore Urquiza's vision of a federal republic, Mitre's liberal centralism, and the economic rivalry between the port of Buenos Aires and the interior provinces. It's a story of tariffs, treaties, and the bloody compromise that shaped modern Argentina.

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