Julio Argentino Roca
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Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an Argentine army general and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 1880 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1904. Roca is the most important representative of th
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Roca in his youth
Military occupation in Rio Negro territory, painting by Juan Manuel Blanes, 1889
Roca with the presidential band in his first term (1880–86)
Generation of '80
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The Generation of '80 was the governing elite in Argentina from 1880 to 1916. Members of the oligarchy of the provinces and the country's capital, they first joined the League of Governors, and then t
Julio Argentino Roca
…general and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 1880 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1904. Roca is the most important representative of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the Conquest of the Desert, a series of military campaigns against the indigenous peoples of Patagonia sometimes considered…
El General Roca ante el Congreso Nacional (c. 1886–1887) by Juan Manuel Blanes
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, author of Civilización y barbarie and key figure in the Generation of '37, later President of Argentina
Field in the Pampas region, which produced a vast quantity of Argentine exports under the policies of the Generation of '80
Ernesto de la Cárcova Sin pan y sin trabajo, 1894