Military attaché
After finishing his services in the Argentine south, Ángel Canavery returned to Buenos Aires, being promoted to captain on 1 April 1880. A year later he served in Salta to the orders of Colonel García, until 5 June 1882. That same year Canavery provides services in the Infantry Inspection, being promoted to major in 1886, and appointed as Military attaché from Italy in 1889. Returning to Argentina a year later, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1890, serving in the Estado Mayor del Ejército.