Who was Julián Álvarez, the street in Buenos Aires named after the star of the Argentina national team?

After 3-0 victory of the Argentine national team over Croatiathe celebrations were not long in coming and thousands of fans gathered in various characteristic points of the country with Argentinean flags and shirts.

One of those points was the road Giuliano Alvarez, which shares its name with one of the great figures of the national team. Many came to sing along this artery, where the question arose: who was Julián Álvarez?

Julián Álvarez, politician or footballer?

In addition to the River Plate crack, there was another Julián Álvarez who gave his name to the street that crosses the Palermo and Villa Crespo districts. He is a politician participant in the May Revolution whose signature is on the petition of May 25th since 1810.

After the death at sea of Mariano MorenoSecretary of War and Government of the First Junta, Álvarez was in charge of directing a liberal political association created by Moreno, called patriotic society.

He was one of the main ones ideologues and developers of the First Triumvirate and participated in its secretariat, together with the then president Bernardino Rivadavia.

In 1820, once the Directory was disarmed during what is known as the Anarchy of the Year XX, Álvarez fled from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, where he settled. There he founded the newspaper “The Constitutional”in 1829.

His career as a Uruguayan representative

Once installed in Uruguay, Julián Álvarez continued his political career as national deputy: between 1830 and 1834 he represented the department of Tabby; from 1841 to 1843 in Montevideo and was in the V Legislature from February to November of the same year.