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unusual facts about Venancio Flores



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.

Máximo Santos

Among Santos's lasting acts as President was the creation of the Flores Department in the interior of the country, named after assassinated former President of Uruguay General Venancio Flores, who hailed from the territory incorporated as a department.


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