Hilario Ascasubi
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Hilario Ascasubi was an Argentine poet, politician and diplomat. He played an active role in the resistance to the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas. Ascasubi was also a prominent figure in gaucho
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Bartolomé Mitre
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Bartolomé Mitre was an Argentine general, statesman and author. He was President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868 and the first president of unified Argentina.
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…the Varelas, a family of intellectuals. Upon his return to Buenos Aires, in 1868 he was assigned a diplomatic mission to Paris, France, by President Bartolomé Mitre. During his posting, he was assigned to head the newly created immigration office responsible for the recruitment of new immigrants and workers for the…
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Mitre at the time of the Battle of Pavón, oil by Ignacio Manzoni, Mitre Museum.
![Mitre's cabinet: Gelly y Obes, Minister of War and Navy; Lucas González [es], Minister of Finance; Guillermo Rawson, Minister of the Interior; Rufino](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gabinete_Mitre.jpg/500px-Gabinete_Mitre.jpg)
Mitre's cabinet: Gelly y Obes, Minister of War and Navy; Lucas González [es], Minister of Finance; Guillermo Rawson, Minister of the Interior; Rufino de Elizalde, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship; and Eduardo Costa, Minister of Justice and Public Instruction. (Drawing by H. Meyer).
Bartolomé Mitre in full dress uniform with presidential sash. Oil painting by Cándido López exhibited in the Museo Mitre.