"Guerra del Paraguay: El mito del genocidio paraguayo " Topic

"Las causas de la Guerra de la Triple Alianza fueron complejas y conjugan intereses encontrados de Paraguay y Brasil primordialmente. Los guaraníes buscaban detener la hegemonía expansionista brasileña. Desde 1855 el Imperio los presionaba exigiendo acuerdos de navegación y límites.

Nuevos conflictos internos de Uruguay dieron una gran excusa a Francisco Solano López -presidente de Paraguay- para iniciar acciones bélicas, declarando la guerra a Brasil en noviembre de 1864.

Inmediatamente invadió el Mato Grosso, una zona disputada por ambas naciones. El mariscal presidente López solicitó a nuestro país, aún al margen, ingresar por Corrientes con sus ejércitos para poder acceder a territorio uruguayo a principios de 1865…."
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Amicalement
Armand

What rubbish!

The majority of casualties of all contemporary wars were caused by disease. Compare losses in the Crimea or the ACW, and so the majority of Paraguyan losses were as reported in the article.

However, to claim that this negates the accusations of genocide leveled at the Allied Troops is total nonsense.

The nature of the warfare conducted in the latter stages was brutal and targeted the military and civilians. The article is a whitewash.

Un tanto duro el comentario!… (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Of course a war fought mostly in swamps in going to bring about a large amount of casualties from disease.

One part missing is that Lopez refused to surrender under any condition. Even after the war was completely lost he still refused to surrender. He was willing to fight until the last drop of Paraguayan blood was spilled to prove how right he was.

I have read and talked to both Paraguayan and Brazilian sources, but I have found that this conflict is a bit too emotional for many to discuss on a forum. In person is much better.

Possou falar com pessoas de Argentina tambem.

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