Chapter IX: HISTORY (continued) 118

Condition of Uruguay at the conclusion of the war
against Rosas--Measures for the relief of poverty--
Juan Francisco Giro elected President--The arising of
antagonistic elements--Giro resigns in favour of
Bernardo Berro--A revolution ends in the formation
of a triumvirate--On the death of Lavalleja and Rivera,
Flores becomes Dictator--Rebellion against his rule--
Brazil sends an army to the assistance of General
Flores--Further revolutionary movements--Manuel Basilio
Bustamente succeeds Flores--The policy of General
César Diaz--His exile and return at the head of an
army--Defeat and death of Diaz--Two interim Presidents--
Continuous civil war--General Flores enters the
Republic in command of a strong force and is declared
Dictator--The Paraguayan war--Causes of its outbreak--The
policy and military strength of Paraguay--Strategic
errors--Uruguay's share in the campaign--Flores returns
to Montevideo from the seat of war--His assassination--
General Lorenzo Batlle elected President--The continuance
of political unrest--Various presidents and dictators--
The Government of the present day--Don José Batlle y
Ordoñez--Doctor Claudio Williman--The Uruguayan
battlefields in tabular form--Progress of the land.