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1930 Argentine coup d'état

Start of the 'Infamous Decade'

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conflict	1930 Argentine coup d'état
image	Recopilacion del Golpe de Estado 1930 (Argentina).png
image_size	300px
caption	Images of the coup d'état carried out in Argentina in 1930
date	6 September 1930
place	Buenos Aires, Argentina
result	Victory of Nacionalistas
combatant1	Flag of Argentine Nacionalistas.svg Nacionalistas
combatant2	Argentina Government of Argentina
commander1	Flag of Argentine Nacionalistas.svg José Félix Uriburu
commander2	Argentina Hipólito Yrigoyen
Argentina Enrique Martínez

Overthrow of the government of Hipólito Yrigoyen
Suspension of the Argentine Constitution and establishment of military dictatorship
Start of the Infamous Decade
[[File:Argentine_Army_emblem.svg|20px]] Argentine Army
[[File:Liga Patriótica Argentina.png|25px]] Argentine Patriotic League
[[File:Monograma utilizado por la UCR Antipersonalista.svg|20px]] Antipersonalista Radicals
[[File:Escudo de la UCR.svg|30px]] Radical Civic Union Argentina Enrique Martínez The 1930 Argentine coup d'état, also known as the September Revolution by its supporters, involved the overthrow of the Argentine government of Hipólito Yrigoyen by forces loyal to General José Félix Uriburu. The coup took place on 6 September 1930 when Uriburu led a small detachment of troops into the capital, experiencing no substantial opposition and taking control of the Casa Rosada. Large crowds formed in Buenos Aires in support of the coup. Uriburu's forces took control of the capital and arrested Radical Civic Union supporters.

There were no casualties in the coup. Future Argentinean President Juan Perón took part in the coup on the side of Uriburu.

The coup led to the end of constitutional government in Argentina and the establishment of a military dictatorship. Argentine politics would be characterized by considerable political instability (weak democracies, coups, military dictatorships) into the 1980s.

Background

In the lead up to the coup, the Yrigoyen government brought more power into the presidency and away from the legislature by sending large groups of his followers into the provinces, cutting off the Conservative support base. By 1922, the democratic legitimacy of the government was in question and support for Argentine democracy had begun to waver.

Uriburu's coup was supported by the Nacionalistas. Uriburu himself was part of the Nacionalista Argentine Patriotic League and had the support of a number of Nacionalista military officers. Nacionalista plans for such a coup had been developing since 1927, when politician Juan Carulla approached Uriburu for support of a coup to entrench an Argentine version of Fascist Italy's Charter of Labour. With the onset of the Great Depression in 1929 that impacted Argentina, Yrigoyen lost political support as he retrenched government services which resulted in acceleration of unemployment.

Opposition parties won the congressional elections of 1928 and 1930.

Yrigoyen's consolidation of powers drew condemnation even from politically aligned parties, and the opposition parties formally protested his rule on 9 August, 1930. On the 20th, this statement was joined by a similar protest issued by the opposing faction within the Radical Civic Union.

Aftermath

In the aftermath of the coup, major changes to Argentinean politics and government took place, with Uriburu banning political parties, suspending elections, and suspending the 1853 Constitution. Uriburu proposed that Argentina be reorganized along corporatist and fascist lines. The coup marked the start of the Infamous Decade, a 13-year period during which the military ruled Argentina through repression, political corruption and electoral fraud.

References

Daniel K. Lewis. ''The history of Argentina''. 2nd ed., New York; Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. pp. 83–84.
Jonathan C. Brown. ''A Brief History of Argentina''. 2nd ed., New York: Facts on File, 2010 p. 185. {{ISBN. 978-0816083619
Michael A. Burdick. ''For God and the fatherland: religion and politics in Argentina''. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. p. 45. {{ISBN. 978-0791427446
Hasbrouck, Alfred. (1938). "The Argentine Revolution of 1930". The Hispanic American Historical Review.
Rodney P. Carlisle (general editor). ''The Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right, Vol. 2: The Right''. Thousand Oaks, CA; London; New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2005. p. 525. {{ISBN. 978-1412904094
Rock, David. (1991). "Argentina, 1930–46". Cambridge University Press.
Potter, Anne L.. (1981). "The Failure of Democracy in Argentina 1916-1930: An Institutional Perspective". Journal of Latin American Studies.
Alemán, Eduardo. (2014). "Political realignment and democratic breakdown in Argentina, 1916–1930". PartyPolitics.
David Rock. ''Authoritarian Argentina: The Nationalist Movement, Its History and Its Impact. Authoritarian Argentina: The Nationalist Movement, Its History and Its Impact''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. p. 89. {{ISBN. 978-0520203525
Alemán, Eduardo. "Political realignment and democratic breakdown in Argentina, 1916–1930". PartyPolitics.

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