The Argentine Patriotic League ( es, Liga Patriótica Argentina) was a '' Nacionalista'' paramilitary group, officially created in

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on January 16, 1919, during the Tragic week events. Presided over by Manuel Carlés, a professor at the Military College and the '' Escuela Superior de Guerra'', it also counted among its members the deputy Santiago G. O'Farrell (1861-1926). The League was merged into the

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in 1931.Patrick Frank. ''Los Artistas del Pueblo: prints and workers' culture in Buenos Aires, 1917-1935''. University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Pp. 206. The Argentine Patriotic League formed part of a larger movement of patriotic leagues active in Chile and Argentina during the early 20th century.

History

Composed of wealthy youth, the League assaulted workers' neighborhoods, including the

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Once neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It received military training from members of the Argentine Armed Forces, was subsidized by important members of the

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, and supported by the

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. The League worked hand-in-hand with the Bonaerense police forces in the repression of social movements. Some of its members were also members of the Radical Party. It quickly extended itself throughout

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, on a nationalist,

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, anti-Communist and anti-Semitic program. They attacked in particular Catalans (accused of being

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) and

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(accused of being

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).Book review
of Luis María Caterina. ''La liga patriótica Argentina: Un grupo de presión frente a las convulsiones sociales de la década del veinte''. Buenos Aires: Corregidor. 1995. Pp. 333 (in the ''

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'' At its height in the early 1920s, the League's so-called brigades contained as many as 300,000 members throughout the country. The League counted with the official support of the admiral and Minister of Marine Manuel Domecq García. The League participated to the events known as '' Patagonia rebelde'' or ''Patagonia Trágica'' (1921-1922), in Río Gallegos, during which 1,500 workers on strike were assassinated. It also participated to

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's 1930 military coup, which initiated the

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References

Bibliography

* Caterina, Luis María. 1995. ''La Liga Patriótica Argentina. Un grupo de presión frente a las convulsiones sociales de la década del '20''. Buenos Aires, Editorial Corregidor. {{ISBN, 978-950-05-0839-1}
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