Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - shekarun 1830 na Uruguay sun mamaye rikici tsakanin Manuel Oribe da Fructuoso Rivera, shugabannin juyin juya hali guda biyu waɗanda suka yi yaƙi da Daular Brazil a ƙarƙashin umurnin Lavalleja, kowannensu ya zama "caudillo" na bangarorin su. An rarraba siyasa tsakanin Oribe's "Blancos" ("fararen fata"), wanda Jam'iyyar National Party ke wakilta, da kuma Rivera's "Colorados" ("ja"), wanda Jam'iyyar Colorado ke wakilta, tare da sunan kowace jam'iyyar da aka ɗauka daga launi na alamomin ta. A shekara ta 1838, an tilasta wa Oribe ya yi murabus daga shugabancin; ya kafa rundunar 'yan tawaye kuma ya fara yakin basasa mai tsawo, Guerra Grande
, wanda ya kasance har zuwa 1851.