Garibaldi and South America

The Italian patriot's style of leadership – and his famous red shirts – were a legacy of his South American experience and proved an inspiration to Latin American radicals for many generations.

Ten pesos banknote, printed in Uruguay in 1887, with the image of Garibaldi

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