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Uruguayan War
The Uruguayan War (10 August 1864 – 20 February 1865) was fought between Uruguay's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party, covertly supported by Argentina. Since its independence, Uruguay had been ravaged by intermittent struggles between the Colorado and Blanco factions, each attempting to seize and maintain power in turn. The Colorado leader Venancio Flores launched the Liberating Crusade in 1863, an insurrection aimed at toppling Bernardo Berro, who presided over a Colorado–Blanco coalition
Lavalleja was at the time leading troops against the Portuguese in the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental. the Lavallejas were captured by the Portuguese under Carlos Frederico Lecor in Salto and imprisoned in Rio de Janeiro until the end of the war. In this time, Monterroso involved herself in the politics of the time, delivering and managing Uruguayan correspondence in resistance to the Portuguese.
Legacy.
In July 2017, Rosana Carrete, Director of Cabildo Historical Museum in Montevideo, debuted an exhibit dedicated to the women of the Uruguayan revolution