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Autonomous Revolution of Paraguay

"[...] a curious exception to the Latin American experience" (Burns 67).

Works Cited

Burns, E. Bradford. Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1972. Print.

Williams, John Hoyt. "Governor Velasco, the Portuguese and the Paraguayan Revolution of 1811: A New Look." The Americas 28.4 (1972): 441-49. JSTOR. Web. 12 Nov. 2014.

Who needs the rest of the world, when you have Paraguay?

(Economic Reforms)

  • Established prosperous state ranches
  • Establishment of industries provided employment
  • Fostered industries and agriculture
  • Strict system of trade licenses
  • Prevented growth of commercial class
  • Prohibited foreign commerce

Dr. Francia's Cure

(Political Reforms)

  • Created small, equipped army
  • Nationalism provided fundamental principle of administration
  • Nationalized Roman Catholic Church
  • Avoided Church and State Conflict
  • "most egalitarian society [...] in Western Hemisphere" (Burns 76).

The Fall of Governor Velasco the Spanish and the Rise of Jose Gaspar Rodriguez (1766-1840)

- Velasco accused of accepting Portuguese aid

- Paraguay to the Portuguese?

- Velasco removed from office

- Noticed for his integrity, he is promoted

- 1811 Paraguay free from Spain --->

- 1813 Jose made dictator after Constitution change

He Thought it Would be Easy

- Propaganda, then a fight we will fight

- December 18, 1810 Belgrano enters Paraguay

- January 19, 1811 Belgrano's forces lose

- Velasco thought his forces lost, flees the battlefield

- Another loss in Mid-march at Rio Tacuri

- Belgrado let off on easy terms

Switching Up the Status Quo (Social Reforms)

  • Removal of Elites from Social Dominance
  • Radical Land Reform without Foreign Financing
  • Confiscation of Church's Property
  • Confiscation of Elite's Holdings
  • Simple Agrarian Society
  • Rudimentary Education System - eliminated illiteracy

It began Somewhere Else

- Revolution, Junta plan to control former land

- Junta learn other areas view, Paraguay?

- Espinola sent, despised, runs for his life

- Manuel Belgrado given the job to recollect

Paraguay

- False reports lead to underestimated

task

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