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Launch of the Liberating Crusade

When
1863
Where
Uruguayan capital (Montevideo) as institutional context
Part of
Bartolomé Mitre secretly backs Venancio Flores' revolt

Venancio Flores launched the Liberating Crusade in 1863, an insurrection aimed at toppling Bernardo Berro's fusionist government.

Flores, a Colorado leader, initiated the Liberating Crusade in 1863 against Bernardo Berro, who presided over a Colorado–Blanco coalition (fusionist) government. He accused the Montevideo government of Blanco sympathies and framed his rebellion in the familiar terms of a Colorado versus Blanco struggle. The insurrection's launch site is not specified in the sources; Montevideo is identified only as the Uruguayan capital whose government Flores targeted.

Sources

  1. Uruguayan War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09

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