Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz argentine president portrait 1880 - stock illustration

Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz ( July 17, 1843 – October 19, 1914 ) was an army general and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 1880 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1904. Roca is the most important representative of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the Conquest of the Desert, a series of military campaigns against the indigenous peoples of Patagonia sometimes considered a genocide. Original edition from my own archives Source : Correo de Ultramar 1880