Florencio Varela

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1807  -  Buenos Aires  -  Not applicable  -  Born
1843  -  France  -  Unknown  -  While travelling in France he met José de San Martín.
1848  -  Montevideo  -  Unknown  -  He was assassinated outside his house on March 20th by Rosas's men.

Connections:

Argentine exiles in Uruguay
Romanticism
Rosas opponents

Biography:
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1807, the brother of Juan Cruz Varela. He is mentioned among the "romantic" exiled Argentines. He attacked Rosas through the press. Rosas ordered his assassination and he was killed outside his house in 1848. (Coaster, 137-138, 169)

References:

Coester, Alfred (1919) The Literary History of Spanish America