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the Casa Rosada (home of the executive branch of the federal government), the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires , the current town hall or municipalidad, and the headquarters of the Banco Nación bank. The Buenos Aires financial district (microcentro), affectionally known as the City lies besides the Plaza.
The Plaza de Mayo has always been the focal point of the political life of Buenos Aires. Its current name commemorates the revolution of May 1810, which started the process towards the country's independence from Spain in 1816.
On October 17, 1945, mass demonstrations in the Plaza de Mayo organised by the CGT trade union federation forced the release from prison of Juan Perón who later become president of Argentina. Since then, the Peronist movement gathered yearly in the Plaza de Mayo to celebrate the communion with the Leader. Many other presidents, both democratic and military, have also saluted, from the Casa Rosada balcony, the populace gathered in the Plaza. Successful soccer player also enjoyed that privilege.
In 1955 the Plaza de Mayo was bombed by planes of a military faction trying to overthrow Perón, killing over 300 bystanders and wounding many more. Although the coup was aborted, three months later, the Libertadora revolution succeeded and staged its own demonstration in the same Plaza that used to be a symbol of Peronism.
Years later, in 1974, Perón, then president for the third time, expelled from the Plaza the members of Montoneros, an armed organisation that tried to influence the political orientation of the national government.
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