Colonel Carmín is the civil and military governor of the United Platforms of the Republic of the Plata, titled Intercessor and Restorer in 1838, ruling from Santa María de Torregrises.
| Type | Character |
| Spanish entry | Coronel Carmín |
His rise began a decade earlier, when the Unitarian Gloveich executed the federal Eldorio without trial; Carmín turned the grievance into a cause, a militia and a regime.
He rests on the red gauchos and popular federal sectors, landowners such as the Martínez de Os (shorthorn bulls), and the masorqueros, his invisible police. He sponsors the mulatto pianist Remigio at the Teatro Victoria.
In 1838 he faces the Albiones’ blockade (north), the Pernambucos (east) and frontier raids (south); the regime shows its first cracks, though federals still see him as its only support. He is rumored to deal with pampas chiefs such as Rehuen, the Two-Hearted Chief.