Fructuoso Rivera
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José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana was a Uruguayan general who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, thrice served as President of Uruguay and was one of the instigators of the
Fructuoso Rivera
Uruguayan Civil War
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The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande, was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence. While officially the war lasted from 1839 until 1851
Fructuoso Rivera
…who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, thrice served as President of Uruguay and was one of the instigators of the long Uruguayan Civil War. He is also considered to be the founder of the Colorado Party, which ruled Uruguay without interruption from 1865 until 1958. Rivera was a rancher who…
Historic armbands of the Whites and Colorados
Giuseppe Garibaldi, leader of the Italian Legion and Uruguayan Navy. Garibaldi, celebrated as one of the greatest generals of modern times and as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe, fought in many military campaigns that led to Italian unification.
An illustration of the defense of Montevideo from Isidoro De-Maria's book, Anales de la defensa de Montevideo