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4. Uruguay. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (633 words) |
 | Pact of Union (1855) between colorado leader Venancio Flores and Oribe. |
| Brazilian forces invaded Uruguay in support of Flores, who became chief executive. |
| Flores joined with Brazil and Argentina in the Triple Alliance, thus entering the war against Paraguay (1865–70) (See 1865). |
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| Brazil carried out three political and military interventions in Uruguay - in 1851, against Manuel Oribe to fight Argentine influence in the country; in 1855, at the request of the Uruguayan government and Venancio Flores, leader of the Colorados, who were traditionally supported by the Brazilian empire; and in 1864, against Atanásio Aguirre. |
| A separate division (3,200 men) that continued towards Uruguay, under the command of the major Pedro Duarte, was defeated by Flores in the bloody battle of Jataí on the banks of the Río Uruguay. |
| The allied troops united under the command of Mitre in the camp of Concórdia, in the Argentine province of Entre Ríos, with the field-marshal Manuel Luís Osório at the front of the Brazilian troops. |
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