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Guerra Grande, kwakanga kune kuwedzera kukuru kwenhamba yevapoteri, zvikurukuru vanobva kuItaly neSpain. Pakasvika 1879, chiverengero chavagari vose venyika chakanga chava vanopfuura 438 500. Upfumi hwenyika hwakaratidza kusimuka kwakasimba (kana kwakaratidzwa zvakajeka, kupfuura zvimwe zvose zvine chokuita nehupfumi), mukuchengetwa kwezvipfuwo uye kutengesa kunze kwenyika. Montevideo yakava muzinda mukuru wezvemari womunharaunda yacho uye nzvimbo yokuchengetera zvinhu zvinobva kuArgentina, Brazil neParaguay.