The Southern Cross
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- For the constellation, see Southern Cross; for the Japanese animated science fiction series, see The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
The Southern Cross was an Argentine newspaper was founded on January 16, 1875 by Dean Patricio Dillon, an Irish immigrant, a deputy for Buenos Aires Province and president of the Presidential Affairs Commission amongst other positions. He proposed Buenos Aires as the federal capital.
The Southern Cross was the first entirely catholic English language publication published in Buenos Aires and continues in print to this day.
The paper publishes a beginners guide to the Irish language, helping Irish Argentines keep in touch with their cultural heritage.
