The Revolution of 1890: Argentina's First Popular Uprising

In 1890, Argentina's export boom suddenly collapsed when the Baring Brothers bank failed, triggering a severe financial crisis. Amid soaring unemployment and political corruption, a new opposition movement called the Unión Cívica rose up. This episode tells the story of the Revolución del Parque — the armed uprising that shook Buenos Aires, forced President Miguel Juárez Celman to resign, and gave birth to the Radical Civic Union. We explore the leadership of Leandro Alem, the dramatic street battles around the Parque de Artillería, the subsequent split between Alem and his nephew Hipólito Yrigoyen, and how this failed revolution planted the seeds for Argentina's later democratic reforms. A key chapter in the nation's long struggle between oligarchy and popular representation.

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