The second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century were the era of the climax of global imperialism and the most brutal battle for hegemony in human history.
Different from the Cold War period in later generations, although this era also used the banner of civilization, it was actually full of barbaric social laws, and the naked principle of the jungle prevailed. When diplomacy cannot obtain something, imperialist countries will not hesitate to use weapons to achieve their goals.
The Portuguese Empire was the first country to implement the policy of imperial colonial expansion and was an old-style imperialism.
However, this old colonial empire, after losing Brazil, became a pseudo-imperialism supported by British power and fake power. Portugal is nominally an ally with Britain, but in fact it has been exploited. The collapse of the Rainbow Plan is naked proof.
Fortunately, God bless Portugal. The former Braganza family restored Portugal's independence, and now Tangning Pedro of the Braganza family has replaced the weak Braganza-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family and regained its independence. Completed the integration of Brazil and Portugal, once again reviving the Portuguese Empire as a member of imperialism.
The new Portugal is an empire. Since it is an empire, it naturally has to do what imperialism should do.
The Uruguayan White Party was founded in 1835 by its founder M. Olibe. Because Olivier's army wore a blue ribbon on the edge of their hat as a symbol, which later faded and turned white, they were commonly known as the White Party. The White Party mainly represents the interests of farmers, pastoralists and Catholic forces. It has long competed for power with the Uruguayan Red Party, but has less influence.
Since the Uruguay War, the Red Party has dominated the country for a long time. In order to resist the Red Party's rule, the White Party has launched armed riots many times. The most recent one was in 1904. The person who put down this civil unrest was Jose. Battery-Ordonez.
José Pablo Torcuato Batlle-Ordonez, Uruguay's most outstanding politician in modern times, is known as the "Father of Modern Uruguay".
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The Red Party led by Jose is the more liberal political party in Uruguay. During his term as president (acting president in 1899, 1903 to 1907, 1911 to 1915), he established a state monopoly in the electric power industry and nationalized the Bank of the Republic. He supported educational reform and the establishment of a social welfare system.
With his hard work, the new constitution was adopted in 1919. The constitution separated church and state, granted more powers to local governments and provided for the creation of a commission to take over non-political duties assumed by the president.
José Batlle-Ordonez was not the son of a commoner, he was born into a Roman family and was the son of former president General Lorenzo Batlle. Studied at the University of Montevideo and the University of Paris. On June 16, 1886, he founded the Daily News and began his political career. Soon he joined the Red Party, one of the two major political parties in Uruguay.
In 1890, José began efforts to transform his party into a nationwide democratic political organization. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1893 and to the Montevideo Senate in 1896. Later he served as President of the Senate and a member of the National Executive Committee of the Red Party.
In 1903, José Batlle-Ordonez was elected president with a slim majority. As a result, it clashed with the opposition White Party, leading to a civil war between the two parties in 1904. The Red Party won the Battle of Ordonez in 1905 and firmly controlled the country. In the general election held in 1905, he and the Red Party won. When the presidential term expired in 1907, he voluntarily gave up his post. In 1911, Jose was elected president again.
During his two terms as president, José Batlle-Ordoñez carried out labor reforms, restricted foreign corporate profits, encouraged immigration, nationalized public works, abolished the death penalty, and protected children born out of wedlock. When his second term expired, in order to prevent one person from monopolizing power, he tried to establish a ruling group and amend the constitution, but this aroused nationwide opposition and even split his own party.
The new constitution adopted by Uruguay in 1918 established a dual administrative system of the President and the National Administrative Council. Batlle-Ordonez served as President of the National Administrative Council twice, in 1920 and 1926.
Under José Batlle-Ordoñez, Uruguay transformed from an unstable dictatorship into a dynamic democracy.
However, Jose Batlle-Ordonez is excellent, but Uruguay is a standard small country, so it can only be a lamb to be slaughtered in front of Portuguese imperialism.
On February 2, just when José Batlle-Ordoñez was exercising diplomacy and uniting the people. On the afternoon of the 2nd, Maxi Santos, leader of Uruguay’s Democratic White Party, appeared in Rio de Janeiro and boldly requested to rejoin the Portuguese Empire on behalf of all the Uruguayan people.
Regarding the country of Uruguay, Tangning Pedro set his sights on him after regaining Brazil. After all, Uruguay was an important part of the Brazilianism.
Unfortunately, after the civil strife in Uruguay in 1905, under the leadership of Jose Batlle-Ordonez, the national system was stable and there was no loophole to exploit. It was difficult to directly intervene in Uruguayan politics.
However, as a later generation, Tangning Pedenin did not sigh because of missing the opportunity. He directly started a Millennium-style operation and began to win over the Uruguayan White Party, which was at the bottom.
Faced with Brazil's wooing, the top two figures in the White Party were very wary, because they clearly saw how Brazil eliminated Bolivia, Peru and other countries, and they decisively rejected Brazil's so-called friendly funding.
Although the top figure refused, the top leaders of the White Party were not monolithic. They were essentially a combination of interests. Soon the third person, Vice Chairman Maxi Santos, who was Italian, was infiltrated.
Maxi Santos was born in Rio Blanco, a border province in Cerro Largo, just across the river from Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. As an Italian, he clearly saw the impact of Italians in the new era. The Brazilian Empire, and later the Portuguese Empire, became prosperous.
Within the Portuguese Empire, outstanding talents of Italian origin are active in various fields, which makes Maxi Santos, who lives in the small country of Uruguay, very envious.
The object of Maxi Santos' political admiration is Tony. When the White Party was attracted by Brazil, he decisively connected with him. Later, he also used this opportunity to get to know his idol Tony and gradually became friends.
Since the Brazilians came to the door, the leaders of the White Party have been wary of Brazil. They soon discovered that Vice Chairman Maxi Santos was strange, and they unceremoniously reprimanded and prevented him from forming a pro-Portugal group within the White Party.
After Maxi Santos was reprimanded and dismissed several times and his status lowered, he decisively broke with the White Party and announced the establishment of the Democratic White Party.
After the establishment of the Democratic White Party, Maxi Santos put forward many programs: supporting political peace, opposing violent dictatorship, restricting the expansion of private land, giving priority to the development of industrialization, and actively developing economic and trade with Portugal and Argentina...
After becoming an independent member of the White Party, Maxi Santos completely distanced himself from the White Party. He criticized the big landowners in newspapers for hindering the development of the country, denounced the selfishness of the White Party, and did not hesitate to launch civil strife for his own interests. He also criticized the people who were governing the country. He recognized and praised most of the policies of Ser Batlle Ordonez.
The split between the White Party and the Red Party was overjoyed. The White Party is a spokesman for farmers and pastoralists and Catholics. It is a standard Caudillo. In addition to safeguarding national unity, the White Party also opposes land reform, industrialization and excessive freedom. Policies, etc., are the opposite of the Red Party.
Although the White Party has backward political concepts, it has huge influence in the countryside and some urban bottoms. Maxi Santos led a large number of White Party members to become independent, which dispersed the White Party's political power.
What makes the Red Party even more delighted is that the split Democratic White Party has a political platform close to that of the Red Party, and its leader Maxi Santos has a positive attitude towards the current ruling government.
José Batlle Ordonez actively courted Maxi Santos' Democratic White Party, and soon after some political transactions, Maxi Santos became the Vice President of Uruguay with a distinguished status but little real power.
After becoming Vice President, Maxi Santos politically cooperated with the political policies of the Red Party, actively competed with the White Party for inland power, economically advocated the development of industry and commerce, and vigorously promoted economic and trade with Brazil and Argentina.
After several years of hard work, the north has become Maxi Santos' solid political territory in several Brazilian provinces. The north has gained a lot of benefits from developing economic and trade with Brazil and is deeply tied to Brazil economically.
In terms of political management, in addition to wooing Italian-Uruguayans, Maxi Santos actively wooed the Gauchos in the inland grasslands. In the northern political territory, he gave the Gauchos a large number of job opportunities and worked hard to improve their low status. social status.
Since their political cooperation, José Batlle-Ordonez and Maxi Santos have gotten along well, each respecting their political turf and working together to develop the country's economy.
José Batlle-Ordoñez was very fortunate to have a like-minded ally and had great respect for Maxi Santos, but when Brazil declared Uruguay illegal, he was surprised to find that his good friend was openly treasonous. Shamelessly rejoining the Portuguese Empire on behalf of all Uruguayans.
Vice President Maxi Santos’s decision to declare the country was undoubtedly a huge blow to Uruguayans. In the following ten days, Uruguayans suffered a huge mental blow.
Within ten days, Rocha, Ciudad Thirty-Three, Cerro Largo, Rivera, Tacuarombo, and Artigas in the north successively announced their intention to join the Portuguese Empire.
