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5 unusual facts about Francisco Solano López


Cerro Cora National Park

The Triple Alliance War (1864–1870) ended next to the Aquidaban Nigui Brook, where Francisco Solano López died saying his famous last words, "I die along with my country".

Francisco Solano López

In 1864, Brazil – which did not have friendly relations with Paraguay – began supporting a rising revolution in Uruguay by Venancio Flores against the White party government of Atanasio Aguirre, who was an ally of Paraguay.

The British consul who ordered the attack was Sir Edward Thornton, who would later personally support Argentina in the War of the Triple Alliance.

La sangre y la semilla

Written by Augusto Roa Bastos, based on a story by Mario Halley Mora, it is a historical film set in 1870 at the end of the Paraguayan War, during the exodus of the last followers of President Francisco Solano López to Cerro Cora (1870).

Lopezville, Texas

It is named for Francisco Solano López, a former president of Paraguay, a descendant of whom founded his namesake trailer park.


Carlos Loizaga

Carlos Loizaga was member in Paraguayan Triumvirate following death of Francisco Solano López from 1 March 1870 to 10 December 1870.

Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories

The Burial of the Rats was adapted in 1995 as a movie by Roger Corman's film company and as a comic book by Jerry Prosser and Francisco Solano Lopez.

Ernie Pike

Oesterheld continued the comic with other Argentine artists, like Alberto Breccia and Francisco Solano López, among others.

Juan Giménez

His first stories, for Argentine editors such as Colomba and Record, were largely inspired by Hugo Pratt (during the years he spent in Argentina) and Francisco Solano López.

Pact of San José de Flores

The son of the President of Paraguay, General Francisco Solano López, had attempted to prevent the Battle of Cepeda, persuaded Governor Alsina to accept Urquiza's offer, and a meeting place was soon arranged in the village of San José de Flores (west of the capital), by Buenos Aires emissaries Juan Bautista Peña (Minister of the Economy) and jurist Carlos Tejedor.


see also

Ella Lynch

Eliza Lynch (1835–1886: also known as Ella Lynch), the mistress of Francisco Solano López, president of Paraguay