Cornelio Saavedra

:This article is about a person. For the Bolivian province of the Potosí Department, see Cornelio Saavedra, Potosí.

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Bolivia - Potosí Department - Cornelio Saavedra, Potosí

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Cornelio Saavedra was a military man, born to a noble family in 1761 in Potosí (then part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, now Bolivia), died in Buenos Aires in 1829.

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1761 - Potosí - Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata - Bolivia - Buenos Aires - 1829

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He was the chief the Patricios Regiment, which repelled the second British invasion of Buenos Aires. He participated in the May Revolution which, in 1810, took the first step in the independence of Argentina from Spain, and he was twice the leader of the new government juntas.

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Second British invasion - May Revolution - 1810 - Argentina - Spain

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Saavedra's conservatism clashed with the liberal ideas of Mariano Moreno, who in 1814 accused him of conspiracy, forcing him to flee to Chile, whence he returned two years later.

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Mariano Moreno - 1814 - Chile

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