Below, one by one, the new bills:
$100: Maria Eva Duarte de Peron
Promoter of Law 13,010 on women’s suffrage of 1947 —a cutting-edge norm for the time that established equal political rights between men and women—, she is a figure of enormous importance in the fight for the expansion of social and labor rights in our country. country and an international benchmark.
She married Juan Domingo Perón and actively participated in the electoral campaign that led him to the presidency of the Nation in 1946. Eva was not a classic first lady and exercised intense political and social activity. She founded the Women’s Peronist Party and had a decisive role in the relationship with the unions.
Through the Eva Perón Foundation, she channeled an enormous amount of social aid until her premature death in 1952. She left an indelible mark as a defender of social and labor rights, and as a fervent promoter of measures in favor of women’s equality. and greater inclusion for the benefit of the most neglected sectors.
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$200: Martin Miguel de Güemes and Juana Azurduy
Martin Miguel de Guemes: He intervened in the Reconquest and Defense of Buenos Aires during the English Invasions of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and later had a decisive role in the War of Independence.
He was governor of Salta and the great protagonist of the Gaucha War, the fierce resistance that safeguarded the northern territories of the country.
His forces, the infernal ones, made up of gauchos and countrymen on horseback, were able to stop numerous royalist advances. His successful defensive work allowed San Martín to organize the liberating army of the Andes.
Juana Azurduy: She is one of the great heroines of Independence. Her performance in the wars against the royalists is recognized with honors by Bolivia and Argentina.
She took up arms in a society that prohibited women’s access to the militia, organized and commanded battalions and managed to mobilize thousands of indigenous and mestizo people in favor of the cause of independence. Belgrano gave him his sword. He reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and joined the troops of Martín Miguel de Güemes.
In 2009, the Argentine government promoted her post-mortem with the rank of general.
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$500: Maria Remedios del Valle and Manuel Belgrano
María Remedios del Valle: a heroine of the War of Independence. as a woman and Afro-descendant, had to face all the prejudices and limitations of the time. He was auxiliary in the English Invasions and after the May Revolution he fought in the Army of the North.
For her bravery, Belgrano appointed her with the rank of captain. She was shot, captured by the royalists and publicly flogged. After years of neglect and misery, her work was recognized and she reached the rank of sergeant major.
In his honor, Law 26,852 establishes November 8 as the National Day of Afro-Argentines.
Manuel Belgrano: creator of the Argentine flag, one of the patriots who promoted the May Revolution and one of the greatest heroes of the War of Independence.
Trained at the Royal College of San Carlos in Buenos Aires and later in Salamanca, Valladolid and Madrid, he was a lawyer, journalist, economist, politician, diplomat and, when the war broke out, he took on military duties. He participated in the defense of Buenos Aires during the English Invasions and, during the War of Independence, led military expeditions in Paraguay, in the Banda Oriental and commanded the Army of the North.
He had a prominent role in the Congress of Tucumán that declared independence. He was a determined defender of the importance of the educational, cultural and economic development of the country.
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$1000: Jose de San Martin
Father of the Nation, the Liberator, led the emancipatory struggle of Argentina, Chile and Peru and is one of the most emblematic and transcendent figures of the Spanish-American wars of independence.
After training as a soldier in Spain, in 1812 he returned to Buenos Aires to put himself at the service of independence. He created the Horse Grenadier Regiment, commanded the Army of the North and was governor of Cuyo.
He devised and executed the continental plan with the aim of eliminating all the royalist nuclei that maintained the colonial system in America. He starred in the feat of crossing the Andes mountain range with an army that was decisive in the liberation of Chile and Peru.
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“It has enormous symbolic value because it refers to our historical identity, to the importance we give to our national currency as part of our sovereignty,” he said. Mercedes Marco del Pont during the presentation.
And he added: “10 years ago with Cristina we released Eva Perón’s 100-peso bill, that fantastic, incomparable woman. It was the first time that a woman appeared on a paper ticket. It was a tribute to Eva and it was a way to pay off a debt we owed to history.”
Source: Ambito
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