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Argentina: Littoral - Corrientes
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orrientes, between the war and La Paz.
The Guaraníes was the native town that occupied the zone of Corrientes divided in diverse tribes. They were of seasoned temperament which imprimió characteristic individuals to the region and their history.
The establishment of the jesuíticas Missions on the Uruguay River, begins with the foundation of Santa Ana on the Iberá Lagoon, in 1615.
In 1626 they carry out the Foundation of Yapeyú, constituting itself the population.
The limits of the reduction of Yapeyú with the jurisdiction of Corrientes were determined by the course of the Miriñay river. The carried out civilizadora company by the Company of Jesus in the reductions of Uruguay river was a high exponent of organization in religious, cultural, social and economic the order. The "charges", weakened in their true aims, happened to be a slavery system that moved away to numerous tribes of the civilizadora action and it impelled them to permanent state of revolt and hostility.
That state of incessant fight, with primitive and wild characteristics, generated in the correntino man an extraordinary fighting spirit.
Corrientes had to also support the decisions of Governors of the River of La Plata, who tended to favor to interests of the Company of Jesus.
With the distance of the Jesuíticas Missions, term to the conflict was put.
The first colonizadora expedition that arrived at the River of La Plata was the one of Juan Diaz de Solís in January in 1516, disembarking in the coasts of Uruguay. After this installation, Solís is attacked and died by the Indians of the zone.
Just in June of 1527, Sebastián Caboto, goes into in the Paraná River and founds the Fort Sancti Spiritus; soon the 1530 to Spain, taking with himself legend of "the mountain range of Silver and territories of King Blanco" returns in. This legend was the one that induced Carlos I to finance the ultramarine expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in 1536.
The governor of Asunción del Paraguay, Juan Torres de Vera and Aragón founded on company of Hernando Arias de Saavedra, the city of San Juan de Vera de las Sietes Correintes, (in the place known like Arazatí End, that in guaraní means mounts of guayabos) present Corrientes, the 3 of April of 1588.
One consolidates thus, a port in order to grant greater endorsement to navigation, exploration and colonization of the earth that extended between the river of La Plata and Paraguay.
Like result of the fusion of Spaniards and Indians, it appears in the population modalities and characteristics that distinguish to two races are spoken two languages indifferently: Castellano and Guaraní.
The violence used by the Spaniards to dominate the natives was counter-productive and detrimental for the Pacific unfolding from the life of the territory.
Founded the city and occupied the neighboring regions, the pacific relations between the conquerors and the guaraníes Indians who populated them not it prolonged for a long time.
The original nucleus of the city of Corrientes was constituted by bilingual mestizos coming from Asuncio'n, the founding city. It is to say individual that Guaraní and Castellano spoke, in that order of preference. The Spanish families who they arrived as of the third year of the foundation very soon acquired the language of the guaraníes and mestizos and with more reason its same children, already been born here, who were bilingual from the childhood. These ethnic and linguistic elements are formativos of the primitive correntina society.
The period of conquest and colonization infiltrated bellicosity in the correntinos. In 1763 the movement of comuneros of Paraguay had a repercussion in Corrientes, where the "correntinos comuneros" formed, that they wanted to come off itself the central government.
In 1630, the black were introduced.
In 1807, Corrientes give the first test of heroísmo, contributing to the defense of Buenos Aires, in the English Invasions, with the Body of Correntinos Hunters.
From 1818 to 1820, it is occupied Corrientes by Andrés Guaykurarí that was to the front of the Indians of the missions. Corrientes recover their freedom thanks to the rise headed by Lucio Mansilla against Lopez Jordán.
The 11 of December of 1821 during the government of Juan José Fernando Blanco, the Constitution of the Province of Corrientes was dictated. His first governor was Pedro Ferré, who introduced in 1826 paper money.
The 28 of December of 1839 governor Genaro Berón de Astrada authorized by the Congress, declares the war to Roses. The 31 of December rosistas troops win to the correntinas and Berón de Astrada is martyred and executed in Batalla de Pago Largo. Echagüe seizes of Corrientes.
The 28 of January, Corrientes declare the War to Roses again, but Uribe to the front of 9,000 men, defeats to the correntinos in the battle of Arroyo Grande. Triumphs and defeats follow one another without Corrientes caused the defeat of Roses; until in 1852 the army of Urquiza and Fuerzas Correntinas, headed by Colonel Miguel Virasoro (Governor of Corrientes), defeats the rosistas followers in the Monte Caseros battle.
The 24 of April of 1855 the municipal regime settled down. The 25 of April of the same year the General Congress Constituyente settled, and the 12 of October the Provincial Constitution was sanctioned.
The 25 of May of 1965 the Invasión Paraguaya takes place square and army take the city of Corrientes. The military services correntinas defended the province with arms bought by each combatant until Buenos Aires sent troops. The War extended until 1869.
In 1889 it assumes to the government Don Gervasio J. Ruiz. They continue the revolutionary blows until Valentín Virasoro raises the government, who initiates a stage of pacific successions, whereas the parties Liberal and Autonomista follow one another between great tensions and political fights.
In 1909 both started off they are coaligan from second half of century XIX, were based numerous towns and colonies, that populated the province definitively.  |
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