the paraguay war
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The Paraguay War
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Paraguay• An industrialized country
o Guns and gun powder factoryso steel industry, railways and an efficient system of telegraph
• Eradicated illiteracy
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Solano Lopez• Born in 1827
• Son of the previus president for lifeCarlos Antonio Lopez
• A greedy external policy
• A violent man
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Civil War on Uruguai• Parties in dispute
• Blancos X Colorados
• Imperialist Brazil’s interventiono In 1863o Overtrew the Blanco presidento Put in power Venâncio Flores, Colorado president
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The War Triggers• Lopez fear of the imperialism of Brazil
o A big nation that could demolish smallernations in the continento Suport of the argentinians caudilhos andthe Blanco party in uruguai
• An exit for the seao Through the plata river
• Lopez cravings for militaryexpantion
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The War Starts• Inavsion of Mato grosso
o A diversion
• Imprisioning of the Marquês de Olinda Ship
o President of the province of Mato Grosso
• Invasion of Rio Grande do Sul
o Anarchy in the south
• Invasion of the Argentinian north
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The Triple Alliance
• Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai
o The Volunteer number oneo Finally feeling like brazilians
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The Paraguay War• The Battle of Riachuelo
o The vital importance of controling the riverso Francisco Manuel Barroso Silvao Protected the province of Entre Rios, Argentinao Destroyed the naval force of Lopez
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Patriotic Volunteers• “voluntários a pau e corda”• Promise of freedom
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Dezembradas• São Fernando Massacre• Barão de Caixias
o Tuiutio Itororó
• Avaí• Angosturas• Lomas Valentinas• 1868
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The Cordilheira Campaign
• Conde D’Eu
• A pupet president in Assuncióno Cirilo Antonio Rivarola
• The Hunt of Solano Lopez
• Violence everywhere
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The End of Lopez• Never surrender• The destruction of the body• More violence• The sword
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The After Math• More than 50,000 Brazilian soldiers were killed and
the costs of war were equivalent to eleven times the annual revenue of the government.
• However, the country was so prosperous that the government could pay off the debt in just ten years
• 90% of Paraguay’s population older then 20 years old were killed
• 18.000 Argentinians were killed in the conflict
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