Treaty of Pilar
The Treaty of Pilar (Spanish: Tratado del Pilar ) was an agreement between the Argentine provinces of Entre Rios , Santa Fe (along Federal League ) and the Unitarian Buenos Aires , the basis for the federal organization of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata applies . It was signed on February 23, 1820 in the city of Pilar by the governor Estanislao López for Santa Fe, the Caudillo Francisco Ramírez for Entre Ríos and the interim governor Manuel Sarratea for Buenos Aires. This was preceded by the first battle of Cepeda and the dissolution of the constitution of 1819 and of the Supreme Directorate, the previous central government, enforced against the Unitarians.
The treaty brought about national unity, shaped by sovereign provinces, in the form of a confederation of states, ended hostilities between the provinces and withdrew the armed forces of the provinces from Buenos Aires. The contract also included a general amnesty for political prisoners and the free navigability of the Río Paraná and the Río Uruguay. Sixty days after the signing of the contract, a meeting of delegates was held in San Lorenzo (Santa Fe province) to decide on the future federal government. The delegates did not include José Gervasio Artigas , who initiated the Federal League that achieved all of this, but was unable to participate due to the occupation of his Provincia Oriental , now Uruguay , by Brazil.
The Treaty of Pilar was followed by the Treaty of Benegas and two years later the Four-Party Treaty (parties to Pilar and the Province of Corrientes ). The Argentine constitution of 1853 only replaced this and other treaties more than 30 years later.
literature
- Historia General de las Relaciones Exteriores de la República Argentina.