A The Fortress of Humaita

between myth and reality

  • Eduardo Nakayama Mestre em Historia pela Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF). Advogado, formado pela Faculdade de Direito e Ciências Sociais da Universidade Nacional de Assunção com pós-graduação em Direção Estratégica pela Universidade de Belgrano em Buenos Aires. Foi fundador e ex-presidente da Associação Cultural Manduarâ, ex-diretor da Academia Liberal de História e membro das seguintes academias e institutos: Academia Paraguaya de la História (APH), Instituto de Geografia e História Militar do Brasil (IGHMB), Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas y Culturales de Corrientes (IIHCC) e do ICOFORT/UNESCO.
Keywords: Paraguay, Humaitá, Passage

Abstract

The Humaitá Fortress was the most important military engineering work of the Republic of Paraguay in the López Period (1841-1870). Although since the time of Doctor Jose Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, in the period of Independence (1811-1840), there had already been a river guard, such a guard was modest and its construction materialized only after the serious diplomatic conflict with the Empire which led to the expedition of Admiral Pedro Ferreira de Oliveira (1854-1855) and another international impasse, in this case with the United States, after the incident with the Water Witch. During the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870), the Humaitá Fortress in the Paraguayan Quadrangle was the vital center of the Paraguayan defense and around which most of the war broke out during the Humaitá Campaign (1866- 1868).

Published
2020-06-18
Issue
Vol 14 No 27 (2018): Revista Navigator - Dossiê 150 anos da Passagem de Humaitá: história, memória e repercussões pol´ítico-militares
Section
Dossie