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ARAMBURO, Mariano J.. La República del Río de la Plata: El Estado de Buenos Aires y la nación en 1856. Bol. Inst. Hist. Argent. Am. Dr. Emilio Ravignani [online]. 2018, n.49, pp.47-88. ISSN 0524-9767.

In 1852 Buenos Aires seceded from the Argentine Confederation. Although this was considered a temporary isolation, in 1856 the tensions between both States built up due to the failure of the statu quo politics, the sanction of the Differential Tariff Act and the dispute for the international diplomatic recognition. In this context, Bartolomé Mitre proposed the ´nationalization´ of the State of Buenos Aires and its transformation into the "Republic of the Rio de la Plata". In the course of the press debate triggered by this proposal, various solutions to the question of the existence of the State of Buenos Aires were expressed along with different conceptions of the nation. This article analyses the use of the concepts of nation and state in Mitre´s proposal and its debate. We believe that these concepts reflect the conflicts as well as the different political alternatives of the period.

Palavras-chave : Argentina; Nation; Buenos Aires; Confederation; State.