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Pro and Con: School Uniforms

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Estado Oriental

Uruguayan history

Also known as: Eastern State

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Latin American independence movements

In history of Latin America: The southern movement in South America
…its surroundings became the separate Estado Oriental (“Eastern State,” later Uruguay). Caught between the loyalism of Spanish officers and the imperialist intentions of Buenos Aires and Portuguese Brazil, the regional leader José Gervasio Artigas formed an army of thousands of gauchos. By 1815 Artigas and this force dominated Uruguay and…
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