Role in beginning the war Francisco Solano López

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lópez @ age 33, 1859


in 1863, brazil – did not have friendly relations paraguay – began materially , politically supporting incipient rebellion in uruguay led venancio flores , colorado party supporters against blanco party governments of berro , successor, atanasio aguirre. besieged uruguayans repeatedly asked military assistance paraguayan allies against brazilian-backed rebels. lópez manifested support aguirre s government via letter brazil, in said occupation of uruguayan lands brazil considered attack on paraguay. when brazil did not heed letter , invaded uruguay on 12 october 1864, lópez seized brazilian merchant steamer marqués de olinda in harbor of asunción , imprisoned brazilian governor of province of mato grosso, on board. in following month (december 1864) lopez formally declared war on brazil , dispatched force invade mato grosso. force seized , sacked town of corumbá , took possession of province , diamond mines, immense quantity of arms , ammunition, including enough gunpowder last whole paraguayan army @ least year of active war. however, paraguayan forces not or not seize capital city of cuiabá, in northern mato grosso.


lópez next intended send troops uruguay support government of atanasio aguirre, yet when requested permission argentina cross argentine soil, argentine president bartolomé mitre refused allow paraguayan force cross intervening argentine province of corrientes. time brazilians had managed topple aguirre , install ally venancio flores president, rendering uruguay little more brazilian puppet state. paraguayan congress, summoned lópez, bestowed him title of marshal-president of paraguayan armies (an equivalent of grand marshal, paraguayan gained rank in own lifetime) , gave him extraordinary war powers. on 13 april 1865, declared war on argentina, seizing 2 argentine war vessels in bay of corrientes. next day, occupied town of corrientes, instituted provisional government of argentine partisans, , announced paraguay had annexed corrientes province , argentina s entre ríos province. on 1 may 1865, brazil joined argentina , uruguay in signing treaty of triple alliance, stipulated should unitedly pursue war paraguay until existing government of paraguay overthrown , until no arms or elements of war should left it. agreement literally carried out. treaty stipulated more half of paraguayan territories conquered allies after war. treaty, when made public, caused international outrage , voices rose in favour of paraguay.








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