Its struggle for independence saw an early success at Las Piedras by troops under its national hero, José Artigas.
This country suffered from a 4-year civil war known as the Revolution of the Lances which ended with a peace agreement establishing the political principle of coparticipation. Its indigenous population of Charrúa Indians was nearly wiped out in an 1831 massacre led by its first president, General Fructuosa Rivera. Its struggle for independence saw an early success at Las Piedras by troops under its national hero, José Artigas. A Brazilian intervention replaced Atanásio Aguirre with Venancio Flores, the leader of the Colorado party, a power shift that led to the War of the Triple Alliance, in which this country allied with Brazil and Argentina to beat up on Paraguay. FTP, name this country whose capital, located on the Río de la Plata across from Buenos Aires, is Montevideo.
This country suffered from a 4-year civil war known as the Revolution of the Lances which ended with a peace agreement establishing the political principle of coparticipation.
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