Ver la historia (2015) · WatchGuide

Ver la historia (2015) · WatchGuide

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E1 · Airs Jul 9, 2015 · 50m
The people in arms (1806–1820)
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.
E2 · Airs Jul 20, 2015 · 48m
The age of the caudillos (1820–1835)
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.
E3 · Airs Jul 25, 2015 · 52m
The Restorer (1835–1852)
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.
E4 · Airs Aug 1, 2015 · 50m
The formation of the national state (1852–1880)
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.
E5 · Airs Aug 8, 2015 · 51m
The Conservative Order (1880–1916)
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.
E6 · Airs Aug 15, 2015 · 52m
The will of the majority (1916–1930)
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.
E7 · Airs Aug 22, 2015 · 49m
The Infamous Decade (1930–1943)
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.
E8 · Airs Aug 30, 2015 · 59m
Peronism (1943–1955)
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.
E9 · Airs Sep 5, 2015 · 53m
The Peronist Resistance (1955–1966)
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.
E10 · Airs Sep 12, 2015 · 54m
Violent times (1966–1976)
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.
E11 · Airs Sep 19, 2015 · 53m
The military dictatorship (1976–1983)
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.
E12 · Airs Oct 3, 2015 · 55m
The return to democracy (1983–1990)
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.
E13 · Airs Oct 10, 2015 · 55m
From neoliberal hegemony to UNASUR (1990–2006)
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.