This Country Lost Half Its Territory
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Paraguay is often overlooked on the map of South America today, but in 1860, it was a rising power that looked completely different. Then, war changed everything. This is the story of how Paraguay lost 40% of its land, 50% of its people, most of its adult men, and nearly vanished from history, only to pull off an impressive recovery 60 years later. From the messy colonial "lines on a map" left by Spain and Portugal to the brutal reality of the Triple Alliance War, I explore the geopolitical chaos of the post-colonial Rio de la Plata. Why did Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay all turn on their neighbor? And how did a country of 500,000 people hold off three nations for five years?
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