{"id":3534,"date":"2012-04-08T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T16:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2012-04-08T13:55:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T16:55:38","slug":"462-nicolas-avellaneda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=3534","title":{"rendered":"463. (nicol\u00e1s) avellaneda"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Recoleta<\/p>\n

Born in San Miguel de Tucum\u00e1n in 1837, young Nicol\u00e1s had to cope with the death of his father, Marco Avellaneda<\/strong>, around the time of his fourth birthday. For opposing Rosas, Marco’s severed head was placed on a pike in the main square as an example to all. The family immediately moved to Bolivia.<\/p>\n

\"Recoleta<\/p>\n

Nicol\u00e1s eventually returned to Argentina to study law & became a well-known journalist. His political career began in 1859—at the age of 22—after being elected to serve in Congress. During the presidency of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento<\/a>, Avellaneda served as Ministro de Justicia, Culto e Instrucci\u00f3n P\u00fablica<\/em> & helped create free, public education in Argentina.<\/p>\n

At the end of Sarmiento’s term, Avellaneda was elected President. His main rival, Bartolom\u00e9 Mitre<\/a>, claimed electoral fraud & found military support… but Avellaneda quickly ended the rebellion & even pardoned Mitre in order to ease political tension. Avellaneda got to work quickly, getting approval of an immigration law which attracted millions of Europeans to Argentina & changed the country’s identity forever. He also attempted to balance the budget & appointed Julio Argentino Roca<\/a> to “conquer<\/a>” the desert lands of Patagonia.<\/p>\n

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Avellaneda even tackled one of the biggest issues in Argentine history: the federalization of Buenos Aires. It caused another rebellion lead by Carlos Tejedor<\/a>, forcing the President to abandon BA & move the national government to Belgrano. But Roca eventually defeated Tejedor & by the end of Avellaneda’s term in 1880, Buenos Aires became once & for all the capital of Argentina.<\/p>\n

Avellaneda remained in politics, serving as Senator for his native province & establishing autonomy for all national universities. He & his wife traveled to Europe in 1885, hoping to find a cure for his kidney problems, but Avellaneda passed away on the boat trip back to Argentina at the age of 48. He accomplished a lot during his lifetime, including fathering 12 children!<\/p>\n

Like neighbor President Roque S\u00e1enz Pe\u00f1a<\/a>, the cemetery wall serves as a perfect place to hang dedicatory plaques:<\/p>\n

\"Recoleta<\/p>\n

Somewhat hidden at the base of the statue is the Latin phrase: In Dicendo Princeps<\/em>… roughly translated as “Master of Speech.”<\/p>\n

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Born in San Miguel de Tucum\u00e1n in 1837, young Nicol\u00e1s had to cope with the death of his father, Marco Avellaneda, around the time of…<\/p>\n

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