Flag of Guacaray + Otorgués (Uruguay and Argentina: ca. 1815)

Last modified: 2005-01-22 by antonio martins
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• Fantasy...?
• ...or fact?
• Otorgués flag

• Independentist flags in La Plata region (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay: 1810-1840)
• Historical flags of Argentina
• Misiones province, Argentina

Fantasy...?

The provincial flag of Misiones is based on a flag supposedly used by the mestizo Andresito, a.k.a. Artiguiñas (so called because he was thought to be Artigas’ natural son). This is doubtful; sources were never confirmed of verified. But it looks silly to me that Misiones choose this flag because they just wanted to have an historical flag as provincial, like Corrientes, Santa Fe, and Entre Ríos — and that they had to subvert history to achieve it.
Gus Tracchia, 23 Feb 2000

...or fact?

In 1813 the territory of [current] Misiones joined the Confederación de Pueblos Libres (Confederation of Free Peoples — or vilages?), whose protectorship is taken by José Gervasio [Artigas?]. After the rule of Blas Basualdo in Misiones, Andrés Guacaray [Andresito] becomes the local leader. The flag was granted by Artigas to Andresito in 1815. Apparently, the original colors were red, blue (probably