Due to his successes as a ruler, Dorrego earns the support of the people, but also the fury of his opponents. With his execution, the Unitarians believe they have managed to stop federalism forever.
A symbol of peasant resistance, he was one of the most important military leaders of the Mexican Revolution. Murdered at point-blank range by those who pretended to be his allies, a good part of the revolutionary movement bled with him.
First Marxist to become president of a country through general elections. He nationalizes mining and promotes an important agrarian reform in Chile. After the coup led by Pinochet, he refuses to resign and dies in combat.