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  2. Independence of Paraguay - Wikipedia

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    Independence of Paraguay. The independence of Paraguay de facto started on 14 May 1811 after the Revolution of May 14 when a local ruling junta was created. In early 1811 Paraguayan forces had repeatedly defeated the Argentine army which considered Paraguay to be a break-away province. On 12 October 1813 the Paraguayan Republic was proclaimed.

  3. History of Paraguay - Wikipedia

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    Despite being de facto independent since 1811 and having proclaimed a Republic in 1813, Paraguay formally declared independence only on 25 November 1842 and in 1844 adopted a new Constitution that replaced the Constitution of 1813. [40] Based on this, Paraguay started to gain official international recognition.

  4. Paraguay campaign - Wikipedia

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    Around 500–1,000 men (killed, wounded and prisoners) The Paraguay campaign (1810–11) of the Argentine War of Independence was the attempt by a Buenos Aires -sponsored militia, commanded by Manuel Belgrano, to win the royalist Intendency of Paraguay for the cause of May Revolution. In Paraguay it is considered as their War of Independence.

  5. Spanish American wars of independence - Wikipedia

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    Napoleonic Spain (1808-1813) preserved the integrity of the Spanish Empire. The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th century. The struggles in both hemispheres began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War, forming part of the ...

  6. Paraguay–Spain relations - Wikipedia

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    On 10 September 1880, both Paraguay and Spain signed a Treaty of Peace and Friendship thus officially establishing diplomatic relations between both nations. [2] During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), eight Paraguayan nationals (known as Miliciano guaraní) fought in the war as part of the International Brigades for the Republican faction ...

  7. History of Central America - Wikipedia

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    Central America begins geographically in Mexico, at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico's narrowest point, and the former country of Yucatán (1841–1848) was part of Central America. At the other end, before its independence in 1903 Panama was part of South America, as it was a Department of Colombia. At times Belize, a British colony until ...

  8. Plan of Iguala - Wikipedia

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    Establish the form of Mexican independence. The Plan of Iguala, [2] also known as The Plan of the Three Guarantees ("Plan Trigarante") or Act of Independence of North America, [3] was a revolutionary proclamation promulgated on 24 February 1821, in the final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain. The Plan stated that Mexico was to ...

  9. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia - Wikipedia

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    José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ɣasˈpaɾ roˈðɾiɣes ðe ˈfɾansia]) (6 January 1766 – 20 September 1840) was a Paraguayan lawyer and politician, and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay [1] following its 1811 independence from the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.