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Gran fiesta criolla en la posta El Triunfo. San Antonio de Areco (Provincia de Buenos Aires)¡A pasar un autentico 25 de mayo en la cuna de la tradición!: destrezas criollas para grandes y chicos, prueba de riendas, corridas de sortijas, polka de la silla, carrera del cuero, carrera del poncho, exhibición de jineteada, entrevero de tropillas. Esmerado servicio de cantina durante todo el día, y por la tardecita, ¡Fogón y Baile con el chocolate del 25!
Un poco de Historia....
The May Revolution (in Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a series of political and social events in the nineteenth century city of Buenos Aires which installed the first local government not designated by the Spanish Crown in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, which at the time contained the present-day nations of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Although the Revolution took place only in Buenos Aires, one of the consequences was that the head of the Viceroyalty, Viceroy Cisneros, was ousted from office. Involved in these acts were mostly middle-high to high-class inhabitants of Buenos Aires (most native Spanish ex-patriates or residents of Spanish descent). There was no great violence involved; the term "revolution" has been loosely applied by Argentine tradition to highlight the changing of their governmental system and distinguish the undisputed fact that after the May Revolution, Buenos Aires itself was no longer subservient to decisions taken by Spain in their name.
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Friday, May 25 1810.
In the morning, the collective Cabildo Abierto was prepared to reject the resignations, holding that the Junta had no faculties to relinquish a power that had been endorsed by the population. But two things precipitated the crisis: Saavedra's Patricios Regiment no longer supported Cisneros, and pressure from the populace remained strong.
The Cabildo had no choice but to ask Cisneros for his resignation, and dissolved the Junta which he had presided over. Patriots took advantage of the situation and asserted the need for a local authority. Thus, la Primera Junta de Gobierno ("the First Junta") was created.
Contemporaneously, el Día de la Revolución de Mayo (May Revolution Day) on May 25 is an annual holiday in Argentina to commemorate these significant events in the history of Argentina. This and the other events of the week leading up to that day are referred to as la Semana de Mayo (May Week).
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