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Comments

I think that in an attempt to be "fair" important information is left behind, because it is detrimental to the subject of the biography. Come on, calling him "statesman" is really pushing it. Rebelling against the legitimate goverment, and ruling by terror until kicked out does not make you a statesman. I know, it was lucky for his reputation that the guy who followed him (Rosas) also believed in ruling by terror, though he was more adroit at it, but still...

It is easy to feel sympathy for him, because he was an egregious victim of the Peter Principle, and those always deserve our sympathy. Also, his lasts months were too much like some tango lyrics, thus awakening the sentimentality that those always evoke. But I do not think that you can make a hero out of tht material.

Adriana Pena

(who once tried to write a story based on the Sabato version and each time she did,her subsconscious kept dredging up Norman Bates,- so she had to figure out why it was so.)

..............

I changed "statesman" to "political figure" as a more accurate description.

Fair enough. Mariano(t/c) 11:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

4th president?

Lavalle was not the 4th (or any other) President of Argentina. What reliable source says so? At most, he governed the Province of Buenos Aires. Other provinces did not recognise him. Ttocserp 19:13, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding on introduction paragraph

I think it'd be good to add a little bit more information on the introduction paragraph. Who he is, what he did, why he's important.

Maybe something like:Juan Galo Lavalle (17 October 1797 – 9 October 1841) was an Argentine military and political figure. He served as an military general during multiple wars of independence and civil wars. Lavalle served as the Governor of Buenos Aires Province as a Unitarian. To many, Lavalle was seen as rash or illegitimate. Coulomb1 (talk) 23:23, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]