Today, June 19th, is the 141st anniversary of the death of Juan Bautista Alberdi, one of the most influential figures of Argentina's 19th century. Thinker, jurist, diplomat and politician, his work Bases and starting points for the political organization of the Argentine Republic was the main foundation for the drafting of the Constitution of 1853, which shaped the institutional and republican system of the country.

A fierce defender of freedom, education and progress, Alberdi promoted key ideas to consolidate the national organization and lay the foundations of the democratic order. His legacy, anchored in the values of civility, modernization and integration, continues to illuminate the fundamental principles on which our Nation is built.