Manifestaciones iniciales de la representación en el Río de la Plata: la revolución en la laboriosa búsqueda de la autonomía del individuo (1810-1812)

Abstract

Following the track of a number of studies on the early forms of representation in Iberian America, we will show how a detailed anaylisis of the first elections in the Rio de la Plata may contribute to widen our knowledge of «political representation» and «citizenship» during the two first revolutionary years. Setting off from the vacatio regis, it will be analysed in which way the Buenos Aires elites made efforts to keep the independent process under control. While this aim was achieved, the price paid for it would entangle serious consequences for the later evolution of the Rio de la Plata area.