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Pedro Duarte (general)
Pedro Duarte (June 29, 1829 – June 19, 1902) was a Paraguayan general and politician of the Paraguayan War. He was known for his service during the Corrientes campaign and was one of the few Paraguayan military leaders to survive the conflict. Early Career He spent his first years of life in the town of San Juan Bautista de Ñeembucú. In 1844, at the age of 15, he began his military training, entering the garrison located in Pilar. Since then, he has gained military experience and was promoted to the rank of Master Sergeant. In 1859, he was one of the assistants of Francisco Solano López in a diplomatic mission where they acted as mediators in the Argentine Civil Wars between the State of Buenos Aires and the Argentine Confederation where the Pact of San José de Flores was signed. War of the Triple Alliance On November 1864, the War of the Triple Alliance broke out, for which Duarte was summoned and assigned a group of men to be trained by him. On April 27, 1865, a large co ...
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San Juan Bautista De Ñeembucú
San Juan Bautista de Ñeembucú ''( Guaraní: San Juan Bautista del Ñe'embuku)'' is a village and ''distrito'' in the Ñeembucú department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... of Paraguay. Sources World Gazeteer: Paraguay– World-Gazetteer.com {{DEFAULTSORT:San Juan Bautista de Neembucu Populated places in the Ñeembucú Department ...
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Corrientes Province
Corrientes (, ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; gn, Taragui), officially the Province of Corrientes ( es, Provincia de Corrientes; gn, Taragüí Tetãmini) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (from the north, clockwise): Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco. History Before the arrival of the Spanish conquest, the Kaingang, Charrua and Guaraní lived in a big area that also covered most of the current province of Corrientes. The city of Corrientes was founded on April 3, 1588 by Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón as a mid-stop between Asunción and Buenos Aires; the city flourished thanks to the traffic from the route. Jesuits erected missions in the north of the province, where they dedicated themselves to the expansion of the faith. In the wars of independence from Spain, Corrientes joined Artigas' ''Liga de los Pueblos Libres'' (1814–1820). The attack of P ...
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Itapúa Department
Itapúa () is a department in the southern region of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Encarnación. It is divided into 30 districts, more than any other district in the country. History This department was created after the breakup of the Misiones Department, with the city of Encarnación as the capital. It had high economic growth in the first 30 years of the arrival of immigrants and the Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway; the growth was accompanied by several ups and downs. An era of decline followed until the 1950s when the Carnaval Encarnaceno became better known and attracted tourists from various regions. In the 1980s the department became more industrial, but modestly so compared with other departments like the Central Department. In 1989 the Yacyretá Dam displaced the people living in the Yacyretá Reservoir; the displacement still continues. The San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge was inaugurated in 1991, connecting not only the city of Encarnación and Po ...
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Carlos Antonio López, Paraguay
Carlos Antonio López is a district in the Itapúa Department of Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th .... References {{Districts in the Itapúa Department Districts of Itapúa Department ...
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the Capital city, capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America, South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an Global city, alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous city, autonomous district. In 1880, after Argentine Civil War, decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalization of Bueno ...
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Venancio Flores
Venancio Flores Barrios (18 May 1808 – 19 February 1868) was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 (interim) and from 1865 to 1868. Background and early career In 1839, he was made political chief of the department of San José. He fought in the "Guerra Grande" against Manuel Oribe and his Argentine backers. He became a leading figure in the Colorado Party and formed a triumvirate with Fructuoso Rivera and Juan Antonio Lavalleja in 1853. First Presidency of Uruguay (interim) He served as interim President of Uruguay and remained in power until August 1855, when overthrown by the Blanco president Manuel P. Bustamante, which resulted in civil war and Flores taking refuge in Argentina. Civil war role In 1863, he started a rebellion (''Cruzada Libertadora'' or liberating crusade) against the Blanco president Bernardo Berro, which led to civil war in Uruguay.Hooker, T.D., 2008, The Paraguayan War, Nottingham: Foundry Books, ...
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Paso De Los Libres
Paso de los Libres is a city in the east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 44,000 inhabitants at the , and is the head town of the department of the same name. The city lies on the right-hand (western) shore of the Uruguay River, opposite the city of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to which it is joined by a road and railway bridge (Paso de los Libres-Uruguaiana International Bridge). The area is served by Paso de los Libres Airport Paso de los Libres Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de Paso de los Libres) is an international airport serving Paso de los Libres, a town on the Uruguay River in Corrientes Province, Argentina. The airport is west of the city, and from the .... Climate References * Populated places in Corrientes Province Uruguay River {{Corrientes-geo-stub ...
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Uruguaiana
Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the eastern shore of the Uruguay River bordering Argentina. Opposite to Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of Paso de los Libres, Corrientes. North of Uruguaiana lies the Brazilian municipality of Itaqui, connected by a bridge constructed by the British in 1888 over the Ibicuí River. The municipality also borders the municipalities of Alegrete, Barra do Quaraí and Quaraí, and, also, Uruguay, making it one of the few international triple-border municipalities of Brazil. The city marks the southernmost point reached by the Paraguayans in the Paraguayan War; after being taken without resistance, it was recaptured after a six-week siege that effectively ended the phase of Paraguayan offensive operations. Nowadays, Uruguaiana represents the biggest in population and arguably most important municipality of the sparsely populated western Rio Grand ...
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