... , but the people of Argentina. Sarmiento believes that all of what Rosas had done in the country was copying other caudillos that came before him. He believes that Rosas, Facundo Quiroga, and Urquiza are all caudillos from the same mold. Sarmiento also expresses this view in the use of the population of Argentina. All of the caudillos used terror to get ... Sarmiento the distance he needed from Rosas and his tyranny to speak his mind. He said of Rosas and his political system, "Cows dictate Argentine policy! What are Rosas, Facundo Quiroga, and Urquiza? Cowboys, nothing more." Sarmiento ...

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... to the setting, the book talks about the terrain, which includes the Andes Mountains, the plains, and the forest. The principal characters in the book are Domingo F. Sarmiento, Juan Facundo Quiroga, a caudillo, and Argentina's dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas. Sarmiento's main points for writing this book were to discredit the caudillos and Rosas. Also, to show the truth about how things ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School