This Wednesday is a national holiday in Argentina due to a key celebration: commemorating the establishment of the first local government, free from Spain.

May 25, 1810 culminated the first stage of a series of revolutionary events that six years later, on July 9, 1816, would be consolidated with the declaration of independence.

212 years ago, a Junta integrated by locals was formed and it displaced the Spanish Viceroy of the Rio de la Plata, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros.

The new government summoned the provinces to send deputies to participate in a Congress, where institutions were created, as well as the first naval squadron and the Argentine Army.

The revolutionary process against colonial power took place amid the struggle of Latin American peoples for the same cause of Independence, fought for during fifteen years of wars across the continent.

Traditionally, the May 25 holiday in Argentina means traditional foods such as empanadas criollas (type of pastries filled with meat, onion, spices and hard-boiled eggs) or locro (type of stew prepared with beans, corn, pumpkin, beef, pork or sausages).