18 Facts About Manuel Dorrego

Manuel Dorrego was an Argentine statesman and soldier.

Manuel Dorrego was governor of Buenos Aires in 1820, and then again from 1827 to 1828.

Manuel Dorrego enrolled in the Real Colegio de San Carlos in 1803, and moved to the Real Universidad de San Felipe in the Captaincy General of Chile to continue his studies.

Manuel Dorrego supported the early steps of the Chilean War of Independence in 1810, which led to the removal of the Spanish colonial authorities and the establishment of the first Chilean Government Junta.

Manuel Dorrego moved to the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, and joined the Army of the North, under the command of Manuel Belgrano.

Manuel Dorrego fought in the battles of Tucuman and Salta, being injured in both.

Manuel Dorrego was sanctioned by Belgrano for promoting a duel.

Manuel Dorrego opposed the Luso-Brazilian invasion of the Banda Oriental, encouraged by Juan Martin de Pueyrredon to counter the influence of Jose Gervasio Artigas.

Manuel Dorrego was exiled by Pueyrredon, and stayed some time in Baltimore.

Manuel Dorrego studied federalism in the United States, and thought that each state of a country should have some autonomy, rejecting the strong centralization into a single government sought by Pueyrredon.

Manuel Dorrego returned to Buenos Aires in 1819, following the departure of Pueyrredon.

Manuel Dorrego was appointed as interim governor, and fought against the armies of Alvear, Carrera and Estanislao Lopez.

Manuel Dorrego was banished again, and moved to Upper Peru.

Manuel Dorrego met Simon Bolivar in Quito, and supported his ideas of unifying all the continent into a giant federation.

Manuel Dorrego returned to Buenos Aires a short time afterwards and worked in the legislature of Buenos Aires in the 1826 Constituent Assembly.

Manuel Dorrego strongly supported a federal system of government and criticized the qualified suffrage.

Manuel Dorrego opposed the government of the unitarian Bernardino Rivadavia, who was appointed as the first president of Argentina, and voiced his criticism in the newspaper El Tribuno.

Manuel Dorrego left the city and organized his forces in the countryside.