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Uruguayan War

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 10, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 23:03, 22 July 2014 (UTC)



The Uruguayan War (10 August 1864 – 20 February 1865) was fought between Uruguay's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party. In 1863, with covert support from Argentina, the Colorado leader Venancio Flores launched a rebellion aimed at toppling president Bernardo Berro. The Blanco government received support from dissident Argentines and made overtures to Paraguayan dictator, Francisco Solano López, who was suspicious of Argentina's motives and keen to form an alliance. Fearing for its interests in the region, the Empire of Brazil intervened, first trying diplomacy and then, when talks stalled, issuing an ultimatum; the Blanco government rejected the Brazilians' conditions, and Brazil's military were ordered to begin exacting reprisals, marking the beginning of the war. In a combined offensive against Blanco strongholds, the Brazilian–Colorado troops advanced through Uruguayan territory, taking one town after another. Eventually, the Blancos were left isolated in Montevideo, the national capital. Faced with certain defeat, the Blanco government capitulated.
 * Most recent similar article(s): many warfare articles, latest battle 14 June Operation Perch, but no war in 2014
 * ... apart from Zaian War (12 June), of course... BencherliteTalk 22:39, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Main editors: Lecen and Astynax
 * Promoted: 2013
 * Reasons for nomination: 150 years
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Blurb needs work: "Before, the Uruguayan civil war" seems to be missing at least one word; "Fusionism" is unexplained. Perhaps could help out after you've notified him of this nomination. The image isn't really suitable since even at 133px virtually nothing can be made out and it's unmentioned in the blurb. BencherliteTalk 22:39, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Lecen retired, but perhaps he might be willing to return for this. The "Before" tried to bridge a paragraph of what lead to the war. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:50, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * He was editing just hours before you nominated this, as a look as his contributions would have shown. BencherliteTalk 23:00, 25 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Support I've had a go at distilling the blurb down a bit (but it is tricky to cram that all into a paragraph with no hesitation, deviation or repetition)). I think there is room to put some bits back in if I've gone too far. Belle (talk) 23:58, 25 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Support Am I allowed to vote? After all, I'm one of the two main contributors. I think the blurb is fine now. I changed the picture, if you don't like it, you may change it. --Lecen (talk) 00:39, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * You are most welcome! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:54, 26 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Support. Curly Turkey ⚞¡gobble!⚟ 23:32, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, encyclopedic and also educational. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:31, 6 July 2014 (UTC)