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The results of a research project developed between 2014-2020 related to the didactic narratives of history in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and relevant to the Guerra Guasu content (1864-1870) are presented. Although there has been a significant historiographical advance on the subject, these narratives have a traditional, descriptive profile, with a focus on the achievements of those considered as "great men". In the case, above all, of the Brazilian narratives, different categories of historical sources were incorporated, however the subordinate subjects listed for this analysis: women, children, indigenous people and the freed and enslaved blacks remain invisible by the writing of an official didactic narrative and that reverberates the canons of the winner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work explores the representations of women in a selection of textbooks used in Paraguayan schools during the period 1989-2020, with the aim of analyzing the historical role attributed to women in school stories about the War of the Triple Alliance. (1864-1870). It is argued that despite the process of reviewing the school curriculum and educational policy initiated with the democratic transition in 1989, the hegemonic representations of women linked to nationalism persist, consolidating traditional gender roles within the framework of a patriarchal society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present work presents a comparison between the realities of combat in three great wars of the 19th century (Crimean, American Secession and Paraguay wars). Our intention with such a comparison is to question the thesis according to which, the introduction of the weapon of rayed soul (rifle) would, by itself, revolutionized the art of war and inaugurated an era of "trench warfare", precursor of the battles of the First War Worldwide. We want to demonstrate here that trench warfare is the result, rather, of the close contact between opposing armies, who did not want to be surprised in the open, thus making the choice to protect the trenches. We will demonstrate with the three examples of wars that we use here, that soldiers were limited, by countless factors, such as insufficient/deficient training, natural phenomena (rain, fog), poor diet, overwork, among others, to obtain the better performance of their weapons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The war aims of the Allied powers during the 1864-1870 Triple Alliance War included not only the defeat and expulsion of the Paraguayan president Francisco Solano López, they also included his replacement by a new government in Asunción. By 1869, when the Paraguayan capital fell, this objective appeared to be within sight. But the construction of a new government proved a complex matter and, even with the active participation (and guidance) of Brazilian Foreign Minister José Maria da Silva Paranhos, the results were no better than tentative. Many Paraguayans remained loyal to Solano López and the new provisional regime that Paranhos installed was plagued with problems it could never hope to solve in the short term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From an analysis on school manuals meaning on national identities construction, I search: a) to examine images and representations on Paraguay on History texts used in Uruguay and Argentina; and b) to do an essay with reflections and proposals that enable an acceptable history and favors the process of regional integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Guaycurúes mission was an attempt by the Jesuits to neutralize the threat from that indigenous group in the vicinity of Asuncion. Through a stable mission, the panorama offered by the indigenous world in the Eastern Chaco in the early 17th century is described, as well as the mission's development, its achievements and processes, including a definition assumed by Asuncion residents in 1613 as suggested by the Jesuits in that city's college. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]