logo

Video encyclopedia

Uruguayan War

1:10

The Uruguay War: Every Day

1:03

The Uruguayan War

3:37

Paraguayan War | 3 Minute History

1:32

[Inaccurate] The Uruguayan War: Every Day; La Guerra Uruguaya: Todos los Días

1:55

Paraguayan War Meme Video

The Uruguayan War was fought between Uruguay's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party, covertly supported by Argentina. Since its independence, Uruguay had been ravaged by intermittent struggles between the Colorado and Blanco factions, each attempting to seize and maintain power in turn. The Colorado leader Venancio Flores launched the Liberating Crusade in 1863, an insurrection aimed at toppling Bernardo Berro, who presided over a Colorado–Blanco coalition (fusionist) government. Flores was aided by Argentina, whose president Bartolomé Mitre provided him with supplies, Argentine volunteers and river transport for troops.