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20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-09-19 21:05:57
Description: The Ragamuffin War began when Brazilian rebels in the southern province of Rio Grande do Sul captured Porto Alegre. The early 1830s had seen gaucho ranchers in southern Brazil growing increasingly frustrated with the country’s central government. Their primary grievance concerned a tax on the province’s main product, a type of dried and salted beef known as charque, that had led to the market being flooded with cheaper imported versions from Uruguay and Argentina. As criticism of the government grew, the gauchos joined together under the leadership of Bento Gonçalves da Silva. Disparagingly referred to as farrapos or ‘ragamuffins’, due to ...
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