Iniciativas de conmemoración histórica Uruguay-Paraguay. La devolución de un trofeo de la guerra de la Triple Alianza en 1915

Abstract

In the first half of the 1910s, Paraguay and Uruguay developed common initiatives of commemorations, most of which were officially sanctioned. Generally, these initiatives were linked to events of the shared history of these countries. In 1914, it was publicized the idea of returning to Paraguay a flag taken as trophy during the Triple Alliance War. The flag was property of one of the protagonist of that conflict, who lived in Uruguay. The idea was materialized at the beginning of the following year. Our analysis stresses transnational perspectives when considering the conditions of production, circulation and reception of discourses around these events. At the same time, this article delves into the interactions between these commemorations and the consolidation of the revisionist historiographical movement, whose Uruguayan and Paraguayan members paid special attention to these initiatives.

Keywords

• historiography
• Paraguayan War
• Paraguay
• Uruguay
• commemoration
• “revisionismo histórico rioplatense”