What today is commonly referred as the
Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816 by the
Congress of
Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen that were assembled in
Tucumán declared the independence of the
United Provinces of South America, which is still today one of the legal names of the Argentine Republic. The
Federal League Provinces, at
war with the United Provinces, were not allowed into the
Congress. At the same time, several provinces from the
Upper Peru that would later become part of present-day
Bolivia, were represented at the Congress.