Nicolás Avellaneda runs into trouble when he…
1875 CE
Nicolás Avellaneda runs into trouble when he has to deal with the economic depression left by the Panic of 1873.
Most of these economic issues will be solved when new land is opened for work after the expansion of national territory through the Conquest of the Desert, led by his war minister Julio Argentino Roca.
This military campaign is to take most of the territories under control of natives, and reduce their population.
In 1875 Adolfo Alsina, Minister of War under Avellaneda, presents he government with a plan which he will later describe as ”aiming to populate the desert, and not to destroy the Indians”.
The first step is to connect Buenos Aires and the Fortines (fortresses) with telegraph lines.
Then a peace treaty is signed with chieftain Juan José Catriel, only to be broken shortly after when ...