La Imbali yaseUruguay inesalathiso esikhululayo Ngokubanzi uJosé Gervasio Artigas, iqhawe lesizwe, kuba uthathwa njengoyise wenkululeko, efumana umfanekiso omkhulu Iqhawe laseUruguay kwi-Plaza Independencia eMontevideo, njengomsebenzi omkhulu wobugcisa ekungekho ndwendwe kufuneka liphoswe ngelixa lityelele iUruguay.
El Jikelele uArtigas wazalwa ngoJuni 19, 1764 wasweleka nge-23 kaSeptemba 1850, yaba yindawo eyimbali, apho umhlali ngamnye I-Uruguay, Wazalelwa kusapho olutyebileyo kwaye abazali bakhe abazizityebi bamnika onke amathuba obomi ngelo xesha, aqala ukusebenza kwiifama zosapho esemncinci kakhulu.
UArtigas wokwenza umsebenzi wasentsimini waba yingcali yokukhwela umkhweli kunye nommakishi, eneminyaka engama-30 uArtigas wabhaliswa Umzimba we-Blandengues, eyayiphethe ukukhusela umda phakathi kweUruguay neBrazil, njengesivumelwano sokuxolelana kwabafana abenze ubugebenga, bengenabundlobongela.
Yiyo loo nto engenelele kumlo wenkululeko Buenos Aires kwaye ndinomsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu kwi Imfazwe yaseMontevideo, apho wonzakala kwaye waphela njengebanjwa lemfazwe, kodwa kwaba ngo-1811 xa uGeneral José Gervasio Artigas wakwazi ukushiya Umzimba we-Blandengues, ukungenela umlo wenkululeko yento ebizwa ngokuba yiBanco del Este, igama elaliza kuthi kamva libizwe ngokuba yiUruguay.
Siza kuqhubeka kumanqaku alandelelanayo ngobomi obonwabisayo beqhawe elikhulu lase-Uruguay; Ngokubanzi uJosé Gervasio Artigas.
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