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[[File:BernardoDeMonteagudo.png]] Bernardo de Monteagudo was an [[File:Cball-Argentina.png]] Argentine [[File:Krit.png]] lawyer, [[File:Mediastocracy flair.png]] journalist and [[File:InfRevolutionaryism.png]] revolutionary who played a fundamental role in the [[File:RevNat.png]] independence of Argentina and [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Peru. He was an early promoter of the [[File:Sep.png]] independence movements in Spanish America. Belonging to the more [[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radicalism|radical]] wing, also called [[File:Jacobin.png]] "[[Jacobinism|Jacobin]]" because it was heavily inspired by the French Revolution.

He studied at the University of Chuquisaca, where he learned about [[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought|Enlightenment]] authors and was strongly inspired by [[File:Rousseau.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]. In 1809, an uprising occurred in the same city with the aim of achieving independence for [[File:Cball-Bolivia.png]] Upper Peru, and Monteagudo was one of its main leaders, later being imprisoned for his involvement.

In 1810, with the arrival of [[File:JuanJoseCastelli.png]] [[Abolitionism|Castelli]] and his revolutionary army, Monteagudo escaped from prison and made himself available as Castelli's secretary. Together, they issued a series of revolutionary decrees abolishing the [[File:Inquisition.png]] Inquisition, [[File:Slavery.png]] indigenous servitude, [[File:Monarch.png]] noble titles, instruments of torture, and [[File:LandReform.png]] [[Agrarian Socialism|distributing lands]] from the [[w:Mit'a|mit'a system]] among the now freed slaves. However, they also promoted the [[File:Death Penalty.png]] death penalty against all those they considered [[File:Reactcross.png]] "[[Reactionaryism|counter-revolutionaries]]" and initiated a systematic [[File:Anti- Hispanism.png]] persecution of Spaniards. And finally, Monteagudo and Castelli shared a hatred of the [[File:Catheo.png]] [[Catholic Theocracy|Catholic Church]], especially Monteagudo, who was openly an [[File:Atheism.png]] {{PHB|Atheism|atheist}}.

After the defeat of the revolutionary army at the [[w:Battle of Huaqui|Battle of Huaqui]] in 1811, Monteagudo and Castelli had to return to Buenos Aires, where Monteagudo defended Castelli in a trial against him for the expedition's failure. Castelli died a few months later from tongue cancer.

At the end of 1811 and throughout 1812, Monteagudo became the leader of the radical [[File:MarianoMoreno.png]] [[Republicanism|Morenist]] faction, promoting the enlightenment and civic ceremonies in "Temples of Liberty", openly criticizing the [[File:Moder.png]] [[Moderatism|moderates]] and [[File:Conservative.png]] [[Conservatism|conservatives]], especially those of the [[w:First Triumvirate (Argentina)|First Triumvirate]]. In 1812, with the military help of [[File:Mach.png]] Carlos Maria de Alvear and [[File:SanMartin.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|Jose de San Martin]], Monteagudo organized a [[File:OchloAngry.png]] mob that overthrew the First Triumvirate and put in place the [[w:Second Triumvirate (Argentina)|Second Triumvirate]], made up of politicians more willing to declare independence.

The Second Triumvirate convened the [[w:Assembly of the Year XIII|Assembly of the Year XIII]], of which Monteagudo was a member and was a driving force behind the abolition of the [[File:Inquisition.png]] Inquisition, [[File:Abolitionism.png]] the abolition of slavery, the [[File:Antimon.png]] suppression of titles of nobility, the adoption of [[File:ArgentinePatriotism.png]] national symbols, the [[File:Secular.png]] secularization of ecclesiastical property, and the severing of relations between [[File:Cball-Argentina.png]] Argentina and the [[File:Cball-VaticanCity.png]] Vatican.

Monteagudo was exiled from Argentina due to his support for Supreme Director [[File:Mach.png]] Carlos Maria de Alvear. He lived for two years in [[File:Cball-EU.png]] Europe where he changed his [[File:Republicanismpix.png]] [[Republicanism|republican]] and [[File:Dem.png]] [[Democracy|democratic]] thinking towards [[File:Conmon.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism|constitutional monarchy]]. After his stay ended, he was able to return to Argentina.

He accompanied [[File:SanMartin.png]] José de San Martín during his liberation campaign, eventually settling in Peru where San Martín appointed him as his minister. In this position, Monteagudo continued to issue [[File:CapAnti Clerical.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Clericalism|anti-clerical}} and [[File:Abolitionism.png]] [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] decrees, systematically persecuting Spaniards by confiscating their property and expelling them. However, he also restricted [[File:AntiDem.png]] democratic and [[File:Antirep.png]] republican ideas as much as possible, favoring [[File:Monarch.png]] [[Monarchism|monarchical]] ones. In 1822, a group of republicans, taking advantage of San Martín's absence from Peru, overthrew Monteagudo and forced him to return to Argentina.

In 1823, Monteagudo met with [[File:Bolivarism.png]] [[Bolivarianism|Bolívar]] in [[File:Cball-Ecuador.png]] Ecuador, where the two became friends, primarily due to their shared [[File:PanAmer.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism|Pan-Americanist]] ideals. In 1824, Bolívar invited Monteagudo to return to Peru to assist him in his government. After Monteagudo's return to Lima, Bolívar asked him to draft a document for a future congress aimed at unifying Hispanic America. However, Monteagudo was assassinated while on his way to visit one of his lovers, and the reasons for his murder remain a subject of debate to this day.