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Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
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Paraguay
Country in South America
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Pedro Juan Caballero (politician)
Paraguayan revolutionary leader (1786–1821)
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Consul of Paraguay (1780–1821)
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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
Dictator of Paraguay from 1814 to 1840
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