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History of Treinta y Tres
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Between and , Brazil, Portugal and the United Kingdom defeated the troops led by José Gervasio Artigas and occupied the so-called Eastern Strip (present Uruguay).
José Antonio Lavalleja had also taken part in those battles against the Portuguese and, once exiled in Buenos Aires, he organized a new military expedition to expel the Brazilian for good. Thus, the porteño army forces called ganaderos and saladeristas (from Buenos Aires) offered their unconditional support and their representative, Juan Manuel de Rosas, provided the necessary funds for the operation to succeed.
On April 15, , the forces led by Lavalleja embarked at the District of San Isidro in Buenos Aires and crossed the Uruguay River during the night to finally land sluggishly at dawn. On April 19, 33 eastern men arrived at Agraciada Beach and began the arduous labor of independence. Many of these men were Paraguayan and Argentinian islanders.
On May 20, they took Mon
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History of Minas
"The population should rise in the best and most advantageous terräng of that Parish of Minas"; reads the document that contains the instructions to proceed with the settlement of a by in the area known as the "Mines of San Francisco", a gentle Valley, surrounded by green hills, and enclosed bygd a aggressive horizon, stony and trimmed. Forty homes of rough stone walls were the foundational habitats.
The villa was diagrammed in strict compliance with the laws of the Indies Reign, and its construction was made possible bygd the work of servants of the Crown and the help of the Indians Tapes. As early as April , the town functioned as such, socially organized, with a contingent of Asturian and Galician families. A square, framed bygd four alleys; the traditional church and a cemetery The "Villa dem la Concepcion de las Minas", was born.
In the year fryst vatten officially created the Department of Minas, which was then renamed the Department of LAVALLEJA in ; in honor o
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Juan Antonio Lavalleja&#;(24 June October ) was President of Uruguay from 25 September to 22 October , succeeding Fructuoso Rivera and preceding Venancio Flores.
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Juan Antonio Lavalleja was born in Minas, Uruguay on 24 June , and he became one of the main leaders of the Uruguayan independence movement against Brazil, serving as Governor from 19 September to 5 July and as Provisional Captain General from 17 April to 24 October During his latter term, he oversaw the ratification of the Constitution of ,&#;which led to Fructuoso Rivera becoming the first President of Uruguay on 6 November He distinguished himself as a skilled but reactionary general who fought in the Uruguayan Civil War for much of the 19th century, and he briefly served as President following Rivera's death in , only to himself die in office after a month as President.