Manuel Moreno
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Manuel Moreno was an Argentine politician, brother of Mariano Moreno
Mariano Moreno
Mariano Moreno was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution....

. He was one of the founders of the Federal Party in the province of Buenos Aires.

Biography

Manuel Moreno was born in Buenos Aires in 1781, and studied at "Real Colegio de San Carlos". He started to work in the colonial government by 1800, and joined his brother Mariano Moreno
Mariano Moreno
Mariano Moreno was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution....

 in his mission to London. However, Mariano died in the ship, which led Manuel to write a biography of him. He wrote them quickly, in order to be able to publish them at London, and used it to promote the Revolution in Europe.

He returned in 1813, and was designed as state secretary by the Second Triumvirate. In 1817 he was jailed and vanished to the United States, where he graduated in medicine at the Maryland university. He returned in 1821 and worked in the Public Library, and it is believed that he was the first person to teach about chemistry in Buenos Aires.

He joined the Legislature, and stayed in there for many periods. He represented the Banda Oriental
Banda Oriental
The Banda Oriental del Uruguay was the South American territory east of the Uruguay River and north of the Río de la Plata, coinciding approximately with the modern nation of Uruguay, the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul and some parts of Santa Catarina...

 in the Constitutional Assembly of 1824, and supported the enact of a federalist government. He moved to England and Juan Manuel de Rosas designated him as plenipotenciary minister in 1832. He wrote many formal complaints about the British occupation of the Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...

after 1833, which were rejected by the British government. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1853, dying four years later.
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