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| 1861 |
| | | Benito Juarez, president of a bankrupt Mexico, suspends interest payment on the nation's foreign debt | |
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| 1861 |
| | | At Pavón the provincial troops of Buenos Aires defeat the Argentinian national army, emphatically demonstrating the power of their city | |
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| 1862 |
| | | A joint French, Spanish and British force lands in Mexico and captures Veracruz, ostensibly to collect the interest on European debts | |
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| 1863 |
| | | The French capture Mexico City and President Juarez flees to the north | |
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| 1864 |
| | | The French arrange for the coronation of the Austrian archduke Maximilian as emperor of Mexico | |
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| 1865 |
| | | The Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López starts a war against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay which eventually kills more than half his population | |
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| 1866 |
| | | The Argentine Rural Society is founded as the exclusive preserve of Argentina's oligarchy | |
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| 1866 |
| | | Napoleon III withdraws French troops from Mexico, leaving the emperor Maximilian in a dangerous situation | |
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| 1867 |
| | | Maximilian, the emperor of Mexico, and two of his generals are shot after being surrounded and captured at Querétaro | |
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| 1868 |
| | | An uprising against Spanish rule in Cuba sparks off a Ten Years' War | |
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