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and the establishment of settlements in the desert. He suffered a terrible agony during his last year and a half of life. A small tumor formed in front of one eye, steadily growing despite efforts to excise or cauterize it. The medicine of that time had no way of dealing with cancer. Aldao delegated power to his minister Dr.
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After the victory, Aldao assumed full military and political power in his province and gave himself the rank of general. He used that power in a very violent form, including forced contributions, flogging and death sentences to the
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Aldao was chosen to direct guerrilla operations in the Sierra. He roused the indigenous people to withhold resources from the royalists, to support the patriot army and to undertake minor operations, with hundreds of small battles. The royalists resorted to terror in response, and Aldao also showed
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Unitarians iliving in Mendoza in order to legally confiscate their property. In contrast, his administration promoted the development of the province, particularly in the south where he sponsored irrigation
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Aldao became the
Federalist leader in the west of the country and imposed his authority over the governments of the neighboring provinces of San Juan and San Luis. After the death of Quiroga, Aldao adopted a posture of obsequiousness toward Rosas. By that time he was starting to show symptoms of
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and fixed that river as the southern boundary of the province. Their retreat was disastrous, with the troops stalked by thirst and hunger. Still, the south of the province was pacified and some
Chilean farmers settled there who wintered their cattle in the valleys of the cordillera of the Andes.
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Aldao was taken prisoner and taken to Córdoba. Several
Unitarian leaders asked Paz for his death, but Paz kept him in prison while invading the provinces that retained federal governments, including Mendoza. There, Governor Corvalán and his brother Jose were killed by the Indians among whom had
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Mendoza in 1824 and dedicated himself to wine production. He would gradually become addicted to drink. In July 1825, a revolution led by Catholic priests deposed the San Juan governor
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