The road to freedom is arduous. Our people know it well. Let's briefly review their battles.
On May 25, 1810, the May Revolution allowed the organization of the First National Government.
In 1813 the Constituent Assembly decided to create the Directory, a unipersonal power to face the problems that did not overwhelm.
In 1813 the Freedom of Bellies and the prohibition of torture were declared. One of the toughest battles to obtain Freedom had been won.
In 1815 things were not going well in Our America. In Mexico they shot the revolutionary José María Morelos. In Venezuela Bolívar and his patriots were defeated by the royalist forces.
Before the loss of Alto Peru in 1815 the defense of the North was in the hands of General Miguel Martin de Güemes, who gave us oxygen until his death.
San Martín resigned to the headquarters of the Army of the North. He resigned strategically. San Martin organized the new government of Cuyo and developed the Emancipatory Plan.
It was a terrible blow that Potosi will remain in the hands of the royalists. On the one hand, Our brothers were the work of a slave hand in the mines and on the other, Spain filled its silver coffers to generate weapons with which to destroy us.
San Martin, urged by the duty, wrote to the deputy Tomás Godoy Cruz:. . . "Until when do we expect to declare our independence? Does not it seem a ridiculous thing to coin money, to have a national flag and a national coward, and finally to make war on the sovereign whom we believe we depend on the day? " . .
San Martín analyzes the state of affairs with these words:. . . "The enemies treat us as insurgents, because we declare ourselves vassals. Be sure that no one will accompany us in such a situation. " . .
Then, San Martin insistently manages to be understood by the deputies from Mendoza. The General writes:. . . "Cheer up! that for the Men of Courage the companies have been made ". . .
San Martín, Belgrano and Pueyrredón were the great moral supporters of the Congress of Tucumán knew that a Great Battle for Freedom had been won with the Declaration of Independence of 1816.
When the Constitution was sanctioned in 1853, we won again because freedom is won at all times with everyday actions.
Today in 2019 we have many battles to win. The running of Time overwhelms us. In the name of Progress they separate us. Persevering in the study and in the work we make our country bigger every day. Every day is the perfect opportunity to accept Our Differences and Our Errors. We have fought a lot, together we will come to victory. In the silence, in the daily struggle each one of us is an Anonymous Hero of the Homeland. Do not give up We are Argentines.
Lía Olga Herrera Soto
