UNITED STATES AND THE FALLS OF JUAN MANUEL DE ROSAS (1852) AND ANTONIO LÓPEZ DE SANTA ANNA (1855)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the perceptions of the plenipotentiaries of the United States on leaders who marked the Argentinian and Mexican nineteenth century respectively: Rancher of Buenos Aires Juan Manuel de Rosas and the perennial General Santa Anna. Diplomatic reports support two hypothesis: i) These regimes were incompatible with US interests in the region; ii) there was disposition to propitiate or collaborate with its overthrew