Post by Romario Lopez
The image shown above is not just a view of a beach in Buenos Aires, but a view of an important landmark in Latin American history. This image is the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, which was created by Giuseppe Erba Odescalchi and Paolo Fumagalli in 1821. But this would be 11 years after the start of Argentina’s independence.
This image is of Buenos Aires, this is where Argentina was invaded by the English. In 1806 the
English invaded Buenos Aires to take over the Falklands. The English wanted to take the
Falklands because the islands would give a really good strategic position to England’s naval
operations. The Spanish were going back and forth between Spain and Argentina while the
Spanish were gone the English invaded. While under the control of the Spanish leader, Rafael de Sobremonte, he had fled during this invasion, leaving the Argentinians vulnerable, or so they
thought. The Argentines rallied together and were on their own. They defended themselves and defeated the English. After realizing they could defend themselves on their own they promptly decided to go for independence. And in 1810 the Argentine for Independence began.
During this war, many important steps were being taken for Argentinian independence. In May
1810 the first independent Argentinian government was formed. Six years later and on 1816 July 9th, Argentina declared independence and is now their own country.
The war still isn’t finished but two years later, after 9,000 lives were lost the war has ended, in
1818 the war has officially ended. The image above shows the place where the idea of
Argentinian independence was born. This is a visual of where independence began.