War of the Triple Alliance: Difference between revisions

'''The War of the Triple Alliance''' (1864-1870) was fought between Paraguay and an alliance of Argentina, Uruguay and the Empire of Brazil. It was a conflict with more deaths than any other in the history of Latin America, with estimates of 90,000-100,000 deaths on the alliance and circa 300,000 Paraguayans, both soldiers and civilians.There are a lot of speculations of the war’s motives, including British economic interests in the region, after-colonialism effects and expansionist goals of Paraguay’s dictator Francisco Solano López.

 

The war ended catastrophically for Paraguay, having lost almost 90% of the male population, territory and had a political vacuum filled by military governments (Paraguay had its first democratic elections in '''''1993''''', more than a century later). Brazil and Argentina had an increase of public debt that took decades to pay, but it brought Brazilians slaves’ freedom (they were freed to fight in the war). Uruguay, on the other hand, was finally free of its neighbors’ meddling (kind of), but still had its own internal problems.

 

* [[The Alliance]]: Or rather, [[Rule of Three|The Triple Alliance]].

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Francisco Solano López. Fearless leader against more powerful nations backed by imperialism or madman bent on conquering without thinking of his people?

* [[Child Soldiers]]: Sadly, not only children but old people too were dragged into the Paraguayan army at the end of the war.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Argentina and Brazil were very antagonizing to each other, but they decided to forge an alliance to fight their common enemy.

* [[Gray and Gray Morality]]: Like most wars.

* [[The Greatest History Never Told]]

=== Depictions in fiction ===

 

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