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How did Francisco Solano López try to increase the prestige of Paraguay?

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A megalomaniac who considered himself the Napoleon of South America López fanatically sought to increase the prestige of Paraguay and waged (1865) a disastrous war with Brazil Argentina and Uruguay (see Triple Alliance War of the ).

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