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Born July 24, 1826 • Asunción • Paraguay
Died March 1, 1870 (aged 43) • Concepción • Paraguay
Role In War of the Triple Alliance

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Horacio Cartes
Horacio Cartes
president of Paraguay
Fernando Lugo
Fernando Lugo
president of Paraguay
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
president of Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
president of Paraguay
Carlos Antonio López
Carlos Antonio López
dictator of Paraguay
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
dictator of Paraguay
Federico Chávez
president of Paraguay
Pedro II
Pedro II
emperor of Brazil
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
president of Argentina
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Luiz Alves de Lima e Silva, duke de Caxias
Brazilian statesman
Elman Rogers Service
American anthropologist
Augusto Roa Bastos
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