Mariano Moreno was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution.
Mariano Moreno en su mesa de trabajo, canonical aspect of Mariano Moreno, as designed by Adolfo Carranza and Pedro Subercaseaux
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract, translated into Spanish by Mariano Moreno
The Representation of the Landowners, economic paper written by Mariano Moreno
Mariano Moreno (left) as a member of the Primera Junta.
The Primera Junta or Junta Provisional Gubernativa de las Provincias del Río de la Plata, is the most common name given to the first government of what would eventually become Argentina. It was formed on 25 May 1810, as a result of the events of the May Revolution. The Junta initially only had representatives from Buenos Aires. When it was expanded, as expected, with the addition of representatives from the other cities of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, it became popularly known instead as the Junta Grande or Junta Provisional Gubernativa de Buenos Aires. The Junta operated at El Fuerte, which had been used since 1776 as a residence by the viceroys.
Primera Junta
The Open cabildo of 22 May decided to replace the viceroy with a Junta.
1897 lithograph of the members of the Primera Junta.
Mariano Moreno, Secretary of War, was one of the most important members of the Primera Junta.
