Antonio Rivero
Antonio "El Gaucho" Rivero was a
gaucho known for his leading role in the
Port Louis Murders of 26 August 1833, in which five prominent members of the settlement of
Port Louis on the Falkland Islands were murdered. In Argentine revisionist historiography and public consciousness, Rivero is viewed as a patriotic hero who rebelled against British authority. However, academic historians both in Argentina and abroad agree that Rivero's actions were not motivated by patriotism, but by disputes over pay and working conditions with the representatives of
Louis Vernet, the former Argentine Political and Military Commander of the islands.
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