Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - ma1830 eUruguay akatongwa nekupokana pakati paManuel Oribe naFructuoso Rivera, vatungamiriri vaviri vekushanduka vakarwa neHumambo hweBrazil pasi pekutungamira kwaLavalleja, mumwe nemumwe wavo aive ave "caudillo" yeboka ravo. Zvematongerwe enyika zvakakamurwa pakati pe "Blancos" yaOribe ("vachena"), inomiririrwa neNational Party, uye "Colorados" yaRivera ("vatsvuku"), inomiririrwa neColorado Party, ine zita rebato rega rega rakatorwa kubva paruvara rwemifananidzo yaro. Muna 1838, Oribe akamanikidzwa kusiya chigaro choutungamiriri; akagadzira uto revapanduki ndokutanga hondo yevagari vemo yakareba, Guerra Grande
, iyo yakapfuurira kutozosvikira muna 1851.