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4 unusual facts about Cornelio Saavedra


Cornelio Saavedra

Pack united his remaining forces with Craufurd and resisted inside the Santo Domingo convent.

Juan José Paso requested the extradition of Saavedra, but the Chilean supreme director Francisco de la Lastra denied it.

Finally, the British General John Whitelocke surrendered, ending the attack and pledging to withdraw all British forces from Montevideo.

Otuyo

The president of the Argentine First Junta, Cornelio Saavedra, was born close to this town and he was baptized in the church of Otuyo.


Gervasio Antonio de Posadas

During his rule, Saavedra and Campana were exiled, Montevideo fell to the United Provinces but serious problems arose with José Gervasio Artigas and the Liga Federal on the Banda Oriental.


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