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Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina.
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Indigenous people of South America
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Reductions
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Battle of Mbororé
1641 battle between Brazilian explorers and Guaraní Jesuits in modern northeast Argentina
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Panambí
Municipality and village in Misiones, Argentina
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Day of the year
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