Tragic Week (Spanish: Semana Trágica), also known as Bloody Week,[1][2] was a series of riots and massacres that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from January 7 to 14, 1919. An uprising led by anarchists and communists was eventually crushed by the Argentine Federal Police, the military, and the Argentine Patriotic League. Estimates of the death toll vary but are usually in the hundreds, mostly of workers at the hands of the government forces.
| Part of Revolutions of 1917–1923 | |
_01.jpg) Disturbances during Tragic Week | |
| Date | January 1919 |
|---|---|
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Also known as | Semana Trágica |
| Participants | Argentine Federal Police, the military, and the Argentine Patriotic League |
| Deaths | 141-700 |
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edit- Baer, James A. (March 30, 2015). Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09697-6.
- Godio, Julio (1985). La Semana Trágica de enero de 1919 . Buenos Aires, Argentina: Hyspamérica. (in Spanish)
- Horowitz, Joel (September 10, 2015). Argentina's Radical Party and Popular Mobilization, 1916–1930. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-07429-0.
- Pigna, Felipe (2006). Los mitos de la historia argentina: De la ley Sáenz Peña a los albores del peronismo. Buenos Aires: Editorial Planeta. (in Spanish)
- Schiller, Herman (2005). Momentos de luchas populares. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Instituto Movilizador de Fondos Cooperativos. (in Spanish)
- Galasso, Norberto (2006). Perón: Formación, ascenso y caída (1893-1955) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Colihue. ISBN 950-581-399-6.
- Hébert, John Raymond (1972). The Tragic Week of January, 1919, in Buenos Aires: Background, Events, Aftermath (Ph.D.). Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University. OCLC 123178801.
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