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From Charnel-House to Breadbasket: Legacies of South America’s Forgotten Holocaust

Jaime Litvak, March 12, 2025

In the 1860s, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay decimated Paraguay’s population in a genocidal, scorched-earth military campaign known today as the War of the Triple Alliance. Jaime Litvak argues that Paraguay's defeat in the war played a key role in thwarting autonomous economic development in post-Independence Latin America. Read Article.