Leandro N. Alem
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Leandro N. Alem 🇦🇷

Leandro Alén (Known as "Alem")
Statesman, Founder of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Democratic Crusader
Born 1842-03-11 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Passed Away 1896-07-01 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lifespan 54 years old
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"Let it break, but let it not bend!"

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Passionate champion of universal suffrage and civic integrity who founded the Radical Civic Union (UCR) in 1891, led the 1890 Revolution of the Park, and gave his life under the motto 'Que se rompa, pero que no se doble'.

Biographical Record

Leandro Alem was born on March 11, 1842, in Buenos Aires. The son of a Mazorca officer executed after Rosas' fall, Alem overcame social stigma to become a distinguished lawyer, deputy, and senator, fiercely opposing electoral fraud and oligarchic corruption.

In 1890, Alem led the Civic Union in the armed 'Revolution of the Park' against President Juárez Celman. In 1891, he founded the Unión Cívica Radical (UCR), establishing Argentina's first modern democratic mass political party. In 1896, heartbroken by political compromises and intra-party betrayal, Alem took his own life in a carriage outside the Club del Progreso, leaving a famous political testament ending with the immortal words: 'Que se rompa, pero que no se doble' (Let it break, but let it not bend!).

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Final Resting Place

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La Recoleta Cemetery (Pantheon of the Fallen of 1890)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
GPS: -34.5878, -58.3928
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