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Martin de Alzaga (politician)
Martin de Alzaga , Spanish merchant and politician during the British invasions of the Rio de la Plata.
Hero of the Reconquest
He arrived in Buenos Aires at 11 years of age, poor and speaking only Basque. He became a merchant, gaining riches in the slave trade, and selling textiles and firearms. Became a respected member of the community and a politician and member of the Buenos Aires Cabildo, by 1785 as Defender of the Poor. He was one of the founding members of the Consulado de Comercio de Buenos Aires (the equivalent of today's Chamber of Commerce), ...
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