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Season 1

2015 · 13 episodes · 11h 21m in all

The argentine history during the years.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The people in arms (1806–1820)

   9 Jul 2015 · 50 min

   Argentina’s story begins with the people uniting against the British invasions and ends with the outbreak of civil war. Between them, the May Revolution launches the struggle to end Spanish rule in the Río de la Plata and organize a new nation.

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   2. The age of the caudillos (1820–1835)

   20 Jul 2015 · 48 min

   Internal conflict plunges the country into anarchy as conservatives and liberals, landowners and merchants, and federalists and centralists struggle to impose competing models for the emerging nation.

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   3. The Restorer (1835–1852)

   25 Jul 2015 · 52 min

   With the country again on the brink of civil war, the assassination of federal caudillo Facundo Quiroga reignites old conflicts among the provinces. Juan Manuel de Rosas comes to dominate a period still struggling to achieve national organization.

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   4. The formation of the national state (1852–1880)

   1 Aug 2015 · 50 min

   The period begins with a president governing from Entre Ríos and ends with the conflict that establishes Buenos Aires as the national capital, completing a decisive stage in the formation of the Argentine state.

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   5. The Conservative Order (1880–1916)

   8 Aug 2015 · 51 min

   The conservative oligarchy comes to power as Buenos Aires becomes the federal capital and Julio Argentino Roca shapes the nation’s course for three decades. The period ends with the election of Argentina’s first modern mass political leader.

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   6. The will of the majority (1916–1930)

   15 Aug 2015 · 52 min

   After years of electoral fraud, the Sáenz Peña electoral reform faces its decisive test as Argentines freely elect a president in 1916. The period ends with the country’s first military coup of the twentieth century.

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   7. The Infamous Decade (1930–1943)

   22 Aug 2015 · 49 min

   Generals José Félix Uriburu and Agustín P. Justo overthrow President Hipólito Yrigoyen in 1930. The coup opens the Infamous Decade, a period marked by electoral fraud and the political exclusion of the majority.

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   8. Peronism (1943–1955)

   30 Aug 2015 · 59 min

   The period begins with an earthquake and ends with a bombing. Between those events, Peronism emerges as one of the most intense and transformative political movements in Argentina’s national life.

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   9. The Peronist Resistance (1955–1966)

   5 Sept 2015 · 53 min

   The 1955 coup seeks to erase a decade of Peronism, ending nine years of Peronist government and beginning an era of military dictatorships and constrained democracies. The period culminates with the Night of the Long Batons in 1966.

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    10. Violent times (1966–1976)

    12 Sept 2015 · 54 min

    From a popular uprising that marks an era to one of the darkest days of twentieth-century Argentina, political violence and repression intensify alongside growing hopes for profound social change.

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    11. The military dictatorship (1976–1983)

    19 Sept 2015 · 53 min

    On March 24, 1976, a civil-military coup establishes joint rule by the Army, Navy and Air Force and unleashes an unprecedented campaign of repression. The Malvinas War ultimately accelerates the return to democracy.

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    12. The return to democracy (1983–1990)

    3 Oct 2015 · 55 min

    After seven years of state terrorism, economic upheaval and defeat in the Malvinas War, Argentines return to the polls in 1983. The ensuing democratic spring gradually gives way to a neoliberal winter.

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    13. From neoliberal hegemony to UNASUR (1990–2006)

    10 Oct 2015 · 55 min

    The final chapter begins with the supposed end of ideology and follows Argentina through the dominance and eventual crisis of neoliberalism, ending with its renewed participation in a broader Latin American integration project.