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End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
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19th-century Uruguayan politician
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19th-century Uruguayan general and politician
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Large-scale conflict in South America (1864–1870)
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