WI: No "Presidente Hayes"

Rutherford B. Hayes is a controversial president in the U.S. because of the disputed 1876 election, but he is a hero in Paraguay. Hayes negotiated the end of the War of the Triple Alliance, giving favorable terms to Paraguay. A department in Paraguay is named "Presidente Hayes" in his honor.

What would have happened to Paraguay if Hayes had decided not to intervene? Hayes was highly interested in Latin American affairs, so it would be difficult to arrange the right circumstances.

Paraguay already lost the majority of its population in the war, so I suppose it couldn't be much worse for them. :eek:
 
Could a country like that be totally dismembered, a la Poland 80 years earlier?

Paraguay had only been around for 50_ years, after all - of course, so had the others, but still, havign lost so many people already it surprises me a little that it wasn't totally dismembered. (I think it did lose quite a bit of territory.)
 
Could a country like that be totally dismembered, a la Poland 80 years earlier?

Paraguay had only been around for 50_ years, after all - of course, so had the others, but still, havign lost so many people already it surprises me a little that it wasn't totally dismembered. (I think it did lose quite a bit of territory.)


Well, imperialism wasn't just for the Europeans at this time! :)

If I remember correctly, Argentina wanted at least the Gran Chaco, and Paraguay lost some territory from the war to Brazil and Argentina. Paraguay would have been in no position to resist by this point; it lost most of its male population during the war.

Interesting suggestion, DTF.
 
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