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Mazorca

Argentine political group
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Mazorca, (Spanish: “ear of corn”), political group that supported Juan Manuel de Rosas, the governor of Buenos Aires provincia in Argentina during 1829–32 and dictator during 1835–52.

The ear of corn was a symbol of the group’s unity, but opponents said the group’s name should be spelled mĂĄs horca (“more gallows”), because of its terroristic methods. The group was organized by Rosas’s wife, nĂ©e Maria de la EncarnaciĂłn Escurra, known as Doña EncarnaciĂłn, during the period that Rosas did not occupy the governorship (1832–35). It was named the Sociedad Popular Restauradora, and its aim was to restore Rosas to the governorship with dictatorial powers. The Rosistas (Rosas’s supporters), who also called themselves the ApostĂłlicos, persecuted the moderates, who supported the incumbent governor. When Rosas returned to power in 1835, the Mazorca organization continued to serve his interests by brutal means, which grew worse in the later years of his dictatorship.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg.