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		In 1776 it was transferred to the newly formed Viceroyalty of La Plata.
		The town came to be called La Plata and for 200 years was the capital of the Audiencia (High Court) of Char-cas-an area that included what is today Paraguay, most of Bolivia, northern Argentina, northern Chile and part of southern Peru.
		La Plata became "Sucre" in recognition of the valuable role played by Bolivar’s second-in-charge, General Jose de Sucre, in the country’s battle for freedom and independence.
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	Argentina - MSN Encarta
		Cabot, who remained in the river basin for nearly four years, obtained from the natives quantities of silver (Spanish la plata), a name that was soon applied to the river system and most of the region watered by it.
		In 1620 the entire La Plata region was attached to the viceroyalty of Peru for administrative purposes.
		In 1776 the territory occupied by present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay was separated from Peru and incorporated as the viceroyalty of La Plata.
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	Paraguay (country) - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Paraguay became an unimportant border dependency of Buenos Aires, the capital of the viceroyalty, and sank gradually into relative insignificance until the early 19th century.
		In May 1968 the La Plata Basin Pact was signed by the foreign ministers of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
		This agreement, calling for joint development of the River Plate basin, was expected to stimulate the economy of the entire region and would be of special importance to Paraguay, the least developed nation in the area.
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	Uruguay (country) - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The Charrúa, a warlike and seminomadic indigenous people, originally occupied the land on the eastern side of the Uruguay and La Plata rivers.
		Between 1680 and 1683, contesting Spanish ownership of the region, Portuguese colonists in Brazil established several settlements, such as the Novo Colonia del Sacramento, along the Río de la Plata opposite Buenos Aires.
		Spanish-Portuguese rivalry continued in the 18th century, ending in 1777 with the establishment of Spanish rule in the territory under the jurisdiction of the viceroyalty of La Plata.
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		The Museum of La Plata is famous for its collections of reptile fossils.
		La Prensa and La Nación, with circulations of about 65,000 and 211,000, respectively, are famed internationally for their independent views and objectivity.
		Revolutionary sentiment in La Plata reached its peak in the period following the deposing of King Ferdinand VII of Spain by Napoleon in 1808.
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	The viceroyalty (virreynato)of Peru and El Rio de La Plata: The Americas
		The Viceroyalty of Peru: Created in 1542, Spanish Virreinato de Peru the second of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its domains in the Americas.
		The viceroy of Peru and his generals were taken prisoner, and what was left of the territory that had been the Viceroyalty of Peru became part of the independent nations of Peru and Chile.
		Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata: Created in 1776, the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was the last and most shortlived viceroyalty created by Spain.
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	United States and the Bolivian Sea Coast - Chapter 1
		It extended on the north to the frontiers of the Brazils, and to the Viceroyalty of Lima, where it bounded on the provinces of Carabaya, Cuzco and Chucuito, and westward on the river Desaguadero and the province of Arica.
		After the establishment of the Viceroyalty of La Plata in 1776, the Audiencia de Charcas, including the Port of Arica, was established as part of the new colonial unity whose capital was located in Buenos Aires.
		The American envoy in La Paz, in his letter to the Secretary of State, made an evaluation of the relations of Bolivia with its neighboring countries and the problems rising from the boundary delineation.
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		Ethnocentrism and nepotism of Cabildos in the Rio de la Plata cities lacking immigration (1700-1776).
		Endogamy in the Cabildos of the Rio de la Plata viceroyalty (1760-1790).
		Elegibility and venality of public offices in the Rio de la Plata viceroyalty (18 th century).
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	South America, 1600–1800 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Lima, capital of the Viceroyalty of Perú, grows to become the most important city in the Americas after Mexico, and silver-rich Potosí;, the source of Perú's wealth, is the fifth most populous city in the world by 1620.
		The new viceroyalty also encompasses the Caribbean coastline of South America formerly under the jurisdiction of New Spain, as a means to combat foreign depredations on Spanish trade.
		Repressive measures in the wake of the revolt destroy the wealth, power, and status of the traditional Indian nobility and the longstanding local autonomy of highland communities, and a new class of native governors is appointed by the colonial state.
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	WHKMLA : History of La Plata, 1530-1776
		A first Spanish attempt to settle the La Plata region was made with the foundation of BUENOS AIRES in 1536, by PEDRO DE MENDOZA.
		The La Plata region was subordinated to the VICEROYALTY OF PERU; Lima being far and communications being difficult, the colony enjoyed a high degree of autonomy.
		In 1617 the PROVINCE OF RIO DE LA PLATA was founded in 1617, with seat Buenos Aires, still subordinated to the Viceroyalty of Peru.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/samerica/laplata15361776.html (400 words)

	Winne.com - Report on Argentina - The best is yet to come (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Buenos Aires became the capital of the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776, acknowledgment that the region had outgrown Spain's political and economic domination.
		The most famous victims of this period were the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, women who bravely kept an open, public vigil for the 'disappeared' members of their families, and who often 'disappeared' themselves.
		President Fernando de la Rua of the UCR center-left Alliance, elected to a four-year term in 1999, has promised a crackdown on corruption and tough fiscal measures to balance Argentina's budget.
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		Map of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
		Engraved in 1842, the map depicts the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (River Plate) around 1810.
		Buenos Aires became the seat of the Viceroyalty due to its favorable location at the mouth of the River Plate.
	www.rarebooks.nd.edu /exhibits/riverplate/links2.shtml (162 words)

	Argentina Provinces
		The Embassy page also says that La Plata was founded in 1882 as capital of Buenos Aires province.
		The postal service calls it a "letra de la vieja patente" (letter of the old patent), and it appears to be the same as the ISO 3166-2 code for the province.
		1782: The viceroyalty was subdivided into the general superintendency of Buenos Aires and the intendencies of Asunción, Córdoba del Tucumán (Córdoba, la Rioja, and Cuyo), Salta del Tucumán (Salta, Jujuy, Santiago del Estero), Chaves or Chuquisaca, Potosí, Cochabamba, and La Paz.
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	A short history of Uruguay
		The area is since 1777 clearly under Spanish rule and is part of the Viceroyalty of La Plata.
		The independence of Uruguay in 1810 is disputed by both La Plata and Brazil: Brazil annexes the area in 1816 as the Province of Cisplatina.
		In 1825 a uprising against Brazil leads to the formal reincorporation into Río de la Plata.
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	Uruguay: History - K12 Academics
		The future capital, Montevideo, was founded in the early 18th century and became a rival to Buenos Aires across the Río de la Plata.
		The Uruguayan territory was part of the Spanish Virreinato del Río de la Plata (Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata).
		Being free now, the province decided to be reunited with the other provinces of the Virreinato that had formed the Provincia's Unidas del Río de la Plata (later known as Argentina.) It was finally accepted by the Provincia's Unidas, but this started a war with Brazil.
	www.k12academics.com /uruguay_history.htm (1134 words)

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		As the region of the viceroyalty of La Plata had been the first to cast off the authority of the home government, so it was the first to complete its separation from Spain.
		Southward of Colombia lay the viceroyalty of Peru, the oldest, richest, and most conservative of the larger Spanish dominions on the continent.
		Prompt to avail himself of so auspicious an opportunity of uniting this former division of the viceroyalty of New Granada to his republic of Colombia, Bolivar appointed Antonio José de Sucre, his ablest lieutenant and probably the most efficient of all Spanish American soldiers of the time, to assume charge of the campaign.
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		In the XVIII century the region came to integrate the Río de la Plata Viceroyalty and it was not until 1860 that the Argentine Republic was constituted as a nation, comprising most of the territory of the former viceroyalty and adopting this word as its official denomination.
		Argentina is situated in the southern extreme of the American Continent, between the 22nd and 55th parallels of south latitude, and the Capricorn Tropic crosses it in the north and the Antarctic Polar Circle in the south.
		From its northernmost city, La Quiaca, to its southernmost one, Ushuaia, there is a total distance of 4,890 km.
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	Flycheapol South America Guide
		The average annual precipitation at La Paz is 22.6 inches.
		Bolivia's administrative capital (seat of government) since 1898, La Paz is also the capital of its most populated province (department).
		Sixteen percent of Bolivia's population resides in La Paz.
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	Buenos Aires, History and Overview: History
		He believed that it was an access path to the legendary realms of Tarsus, Ofir and Cipango, which, according to the lore of the day, were full of gold and silver and were located north and west of his position.
		That was enough for the Spanish crown to accept the name of Río de la Plata (River of Silver) as the definitive one for this huge fluvial path.
		Some of its adversaries call him "the Caligula of the Río de la Plata", but he was "El Restaurador de las Leyes" (something like "the restorer of the laws") to his followers.
	www.elysium.com.ar /baires/overview/briefhistory.htm (3655 words)

	WHKMLA : History of La Plata, 1776-1816
		In 1776 the VICEROYALTY OF LA PLATA was separated from the Viceroyalty of Peru.
		n 1810 the Spanish viceroy was expelled, in 1812 the royalists defeated at Tucuman, in 1816 the independence of the UNITED PROVINCES OF LA PLATA proclaimed.
		The economy of the viceroyalty was based on Bolivia's mining industry and on agriculture in the other areas, mainly cattle in the PAMPAS region.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/samerica/laplata17761816.html (220 words)

	Uruguay
		In the west is separated from Argentina by the Uruguay River.
		To the south is the estuary of Rio de la Plata and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean.
		The banda oriental was administered by the Viceroyalty of La Plata.
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	Brief History of Uruguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In colonial times, Uruguay was dependent on the Spanish viceroyalty of La Plata (Argentina).
		As part of La Plata, Uruguay accepted the independence of Buenos Aires (1810).
		In 1814, the Uruguayan José Artigas declared the independence of the Banda Oriental--as Uruguay was known and is still often referred to--but had to fight off attempts at subjugation from the Platean side.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /history/u/Uruguay_brief.htm (705 words)

	Chili And Part Of The Viceroyalty Of La Plata. / Carey, Mathew / 1814
		Chili And Part Of The Viceroyalty Of La Plata.
		Short Title: Chili And Part Of The Viceroyalty Of La Plata.
		Full Title: Chili And Part Of The Viceroyalty Of La Plata.
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	Power and Politics in the 19th-Century River Plate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		One of its major new measures was the creation of the Viceroyalty de La Plata in 1776.
		The Viceroyalty was named after the vast Río de la Plata (River Plate) that empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
		The mining region of Upper Peru (now Bolivia) was incorporated into the new Viceroyalty, and silver from these mines was shipped through the port of Buenos Aires.
	www.rarebooks.nd.edu /exhibits/riverplate/index.shtml (747 words)

	Charcas - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Charcas roughly corresponded to modern Bolivia but included parts of present Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay, encompassing a territorial expanse that led to disputes and wars after independence had been won.
		It was established in 1559 and was attached to the viceroyalty of Peru until joined (1776) to the newly created viceroyalty of La Plata.
		Jurisdicciones en tension: poder patriarcal, legalidad monarquica y libertad eclesiastica en las dispensas matrimoniales del Buenos Aires virreinal *.
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	Bolivia in 1994 (1)
		By the middle of the 17th century Potosi was the largest city in the Americas and Upper Peru (Bolivia) had become a major source of wealth for the Viceroyalty of Peru in Lima until it was attached to the Viceroyalty of La Plata in Buenos Aires in 1776.
		When Upper Peru was liberated by Marshal Antonio José de Sucre in 1825, the local white elite convinced Simon Bolivar and Sucre to let Upper Peru become independent rather than be joined with Peru or Argentina and it became Bolivia.
		The road from San Pablo climbs up to 4000 metres on the altiplano before reaching La Paz whose site, in the Choqueyapu canyon, was chosen by the Spaniards in 1548 to take advantage of the more favourable microclimate at the lower altitude, protected from the fierce Andean winds.
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	World Cup 2002 Report: Ghana
		In 1680, Portuguese soldiers from Brazil established the town of Nova Colonia do Sacromento (now Colonia) on the Rio de la Plata, across from the Spanish settlement of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
		Uruguay became part of a Spanish colony called the Viceroyalty of La Plata, which also included Argentina, Paraguay, and parts of Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile.
		During the colonial period, almost all of Uruguay's Indians were killed in battles with the Europeans, died of European diseases, or fled to the interior of the continent.
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	Perspectives in Numismatics - Caudillism as Demonstrated by Bolivian Propaganda Coinage
		With the invasion of the Iberian Peninsula by the armies of Napoleon in 1808 and the resulting diversion of royal attention from her colonies, the desire for independence from Spain by the colonies began to pick up momentum.
		One of the first areas, if not the first, to declare for freedom was the northern portion of the Viceroyalty of La Plata, later to become the major portion of Bolivia.
		The new president expelled most of the Soviet embassy from La Paz, devalued the currency due to IMF pressures and faced other national problems that proved to be unpopular with the workers, eventually bringing about an attempted coup which in turn caused Banzar to install an all-military government in 1974.
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