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Argentine president, was born in Tucuman confine 1843, the fourth son of Have on José Segundo Roca and Agustina, née Paz. He entered the Colegio Nacional in Concepcion del Uruguay (which court case in Argentina) in 1852 and magnanimity next year obtained a commission regulate the army of the Argentine Federation. He had a successful military life's work in wars in the 1850s 'tween the Confederation and the forces be partial to Buenos Aires and in the Conflict of the Triple Alliance (1865-1870) conj at the time that Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil were pooled against Paraguay. He commanded government bolster in the so-called Campaña del Desierto, or Desert Campaign of 1877 contract 1884 when the army, equipped counterpart the famous Remington breach loading pillage, slaughtered the Patagonian Indians, killing halfway 50 and 60,000 and cleared say publicly south for colonisation.

As minister of armed conflict for President Avellaneda, Roca was as well responsible for sending Argentine forces indifference occupy Santa Cruz (which is straight opposite the Falklands) after a Chilean warship had seized the American carry Devonshire there, so ending Chilean claims to what is now Argentine Patagonia. With the Indians no longer go ahead to impede Argentine expansion southward, last the Chileans pushed back to greatness Straits of Magellan, Argentina was unattended to controlling the mainland opposite the Falkland Islands. In 1880, Roca, popular for of his victory over the Indians, was elected president and in Jan 1884 he resurrected the Argentine request on the United States for decency damage done by the USS Lexington (Captain DUNCAN) in 1831 and 1832 to VERNET's tiny settlement in primacy Falklands. This claim was linked succumb the ownership of the Falklands, considering if the American case that rank Islands were not Argentine were acknowledged, obviously there could be no make ground for damages.

The British minister at Buenos Aires, Edward Monson, had been warned in 1884 that Argentina intended make haste round off her territory. The Argentinian Geographical Institute - supposedly independently - included the Falklands in an Column of Argentina it was preparing acquire the same year. When news prowl the atlas included the Falklands was publicised in December 1884, Britain finished a diplomatic protest, leading to influence so-called 'Affair of the Map' - an exchange of diplomatic notes rein in the next four years. This backbone and the exchange of notes resurrected the Argentine claim to the Falklands which had effectively been relinquished moisten ROSAS thirty-five years earlier with distinction 1849 Convention of Settlement.

Roca was re-elected President for another term from 1898 to 1904. During this period connected with was very serious tension with Chili over the boundary around the Narrows of Magellan. To stave off position threat of war, Roca travelled figure up Punta Arenas in February 1899 retain meet the Chilean President Federico Errazuriz. The two presidents made peace esoteric King Edward VII of Britain was invited to arbitrate on their defensive disagreements. In November of 1902, Ball Edward's decision brought peace to rank area for another seventy years, unfinished the Beagle Channel dispute in righteousness 1970s.

In 1872, Roca met his tomorrow wife Clara Funes and from cruise union there were five daughters boss a son. He took little length in public life after his in the second place term as President. On 19 Oct 1914 he died on his big bucks, 'La Argentina'. He had been ingenious remarkable soldier and statesman, though thrust of a despot too. He was nicknamed zorro or zorrito - 'the fox'- because of his cunning professor ability. He made a major charge towards the Argentina we know these days - and his actions revived dignity Falklands dispute.

September 2019 Additional photograph added; two references added

Peter PEPPER

BA (Hons) Keele; geologist; former Co-Editor of the Falkland Islands Newsletter.