Argentina Centennial
argentina centennial celebrated may th anniversary may revolution viceroy baltasar hidalgo de cisneros ousted office replaced primera junta first national government year considered quite positive argentina last century seen retrospective argentina wellestablished state inner conflict national limit delimited besides main institution –army public school post service among others– efficient government could advance vigorous nation driven immigration growth agriculture cattle external trade people trusted state even mediate conflict argentina known el granero del mundo world barn due prosperous agriculture colloquial expression ¡il est riche comme un argentin rich like argentine referred extraordinary wealth argentine landowning aristocracy year gross product argentina half latin america one argentina population grew quickly immigration europe million inhabitant million italian spanish growing interest improving democracy led sanction sáenz peña law two year later first argentine copyright law also enacted time superseding patent law used far topic centennial also important impact historiography argentina growing number immigrant coming different place felt need clearly define argentine identity topic canonic view war independence started seen multiple perspective february national congress promulgated law regulated commemoration may revolution president argentina josé figueroa alcorta decreed state siege celebration held activist led anarchist movement tried boicot celebration celebration began may notable visitor infanta isabella spent day country host family barys palace sited avenida alvear avenida de mayo edificio la inmobiliaria inaugurated may designed italian architect luis broggi guest president chile pedro montt vicepresident peru eugenio larraburu unanue professor ferdinando martini represented italy general colmar von der goltz came germany leonard wood governor cuba spanish–american war represented united state arriving four cruiser member japanese imperial family tree eki mocki also part celebration country represented centannial uruguay paraguay france russia netherlands great britain send representative due death king edward vii teatro colón inaugurated two year centennial opera rigoletto sung italian baritone titta ruffo may personality cultural world also visited argentina centennial spanish ramón del valle inclán jacinto benavente vicente blasco ibáñez french george clemenceau jean jaurès anatole france jules huret nicaraguan rubén darío among personality attended centennial celebration sociologist enrico ferri writer pietro gori gina lombroso daughter criminologist physician cesare lombroso world art represented dancer isadora duncan french actress marguerite moreno sport raising popularity football argentina paved way organise first south american competition copa centenario revolución de mayo argentina uruguay chile taking part tournament championship considered predecessor copa américa first held moreover british irish lion toured argentina part centennial celebration managed rv stanley british combined arrived arrived argentina play total six game country may june host referred team combined british argentina national team made international debut lion name river plate rugby football union june match played sociedad sportiva argentina palermo apart construction elegant pavilion inauguration big building renewed city buenos aire several monument given different collectivity immigrant living argentina memorial monument carta magna four region argentina commonly referred monument spanish donated spanish community designed agustí querol subirats placed intersection del libertador sarmiento avenue palermo monument christopher columbus italian community originally placed front casa rosada monument dismantled moved near aeroparque jorge newbery replaced statue juana azurduy torre monumental british community located retiro buenos aire front retiro railway station france argentina émile peynot gift french community located france park buenos aire weather tower austrohungarian empire set botanical garden carlos thays monument george washington united state placed parque tres de febrero note may revolution argentina bicentennial exposición internacional del centenario copa centenario revolución de mayo