State and politics in the national territory of Misiones during the radical administrations: governor Héctor Barreyro and political conflicts among authorities (1917-1930)

Abstract

The article inquires into the relations between the State and politics in the National Territory of Misiones during the first radical administrations. The main goal is to observe the way in which the radicalism´s forms political construction managed to channel once common several conflicts between political authorities and public servants, and increase the authority of the governor, without making any structural o institutional changes. Among the forms of political construction that were analyzed, there were the proliferation of committees associated with the radical party and the emergence of local leaderships, in which governor Héctor Barreyro´s political figure stands out. The article aims to observe the reach of these forms of political construction in the National Territory of Misiones to increase the authority of the governor, through the analysis of the particular features of Barreyro´s professional and political career and the way in which some political conflicts emerged during his years as governor. Over official sources, both edited and unedited, from the national office of interior matters were analysed.