Post nº 65

PARAGUAY  WAR  -  THE  LONGEST  AND BLOODIEST  OF  THE  AMERICAS

In 1865 Brazil had the most powerful navy of the Americas, bigger than the US Navy and the third of
the world. The paraguayans had no chance. Canvas by Vitor Meirelles (1882)

EXCELLENT  ESSAY  OF  THE  BRITISH  MAGAZINE

THE  ECONOMIST



Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. Liberal and very intelectual, he was the most 
tough ennemy of the tyrannical dictator Solano Lopez of Paraguay



At the beggining of the war in 1865 the brazilian fleet smashed the paraguayan navy in the battle of Riachuelo
and took control of the River Plate. Canvas by Vitor Meirelles (1870) 

The terrible battle of Avaí in december 1868 was a decisive victory for the allies and killed
the last hopes of Lopez - Canvas by Pedro Americo (1877)

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