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| | Justo Jose de Urquiza |
 | | URQUIZA, Justo Jose de (oor-kee'-thah), Argentine soldier, born in Arroyo de la China, near the capital of Entre Rios, 19 March, 1800; died in San Jose, 11 April, 1870. |
 | | Urquiza, on 1 May, issued a manifesto, calling upon the nation to throw off the yoke of the dictator, and on the 29th of that month he concluded, as governor of Entre Rios, an offensive and defensive alliance with Brazil and Uruguay against Rosas. |
 | | Urquiza tried to subdue the city, but after an unsuccessful campaign raised they siege on 13 July, 1853, and in November of that year was elected constitutional president for the other thirteen states, with residence in Parana. |
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