The Quadrilateral Treaty was a pact between the
Argentine
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provinces of
Buenos Aires
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,
Santa Fe,
Entre Ríos and
Corrientes, signed on 25 January 1822. The treaty was intended to be an offensive-defensive pact between the signatories, in front of an attack by
Luso-Brazilian invasion
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from the
Banda Oriental (present-day
Uruguay
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), which was seen as very probable. It also wanted to establish peace after the defeat of the ''caudillo'' from Entre Ríos,
Francisco Ramírez, who in 1821 had invaded Santa Fe and
Córdoba Provinces, without success.
The pact established:
* Peace and union of the four provinces, and an alliance before a possible foreign invasion of Spaniards, Portuguese or Brazilians.
* Free navigation rights in the rivers of the signatory provinces.
* The retirement of the representatives from the ''small congress of Córdoba''.
* Any of the signatory provinces could convene a congress un congreso when it felt the opportunity and need arose.
The alliance of Buenos Aires with the provinces of the
Argentine littoral, insured through government subsidies, gave an opportunity to Buenos Aires of neutralizing the Governor of Córdoba
Juan Bautista Bustos, who awaited the country's reorganization in a National Constitution since 1825.
See also
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Treaty of Pilar
The Treaty of Pilar (in Spanish, ''Tratado del Pilar'') was a pact signed among the rulers of the Argentine provinces of Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires, which is recognized as the foundation of the federal organization of the country. ...
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Treaty of Benegas
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