Andrés Guazurary

Andrés Guaçurary or Andrés Guazurarí, popularly known as Andresito (30 November 1778 – 1825) was a caudillo of the province of Misiones, present-day Argentina, being governor of said province between 1811 and 1822.

He was one of the first federal caudillos of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the only one of fully indigenous origin.

[1] He was born in the misión of Santo Tomé, Corrientes or São Borja to a Guarani family.

Having achieved the rank of colonel during his service in the armed forces of the United Provinces, in April 2014 he was posthumously promoted to General of the Argentine Army by presidential decree.

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