AR+Historical+Conflicts

the Spanish settlers fought with the indigenous tribes (Pampas) in the Rio de la Plata region. then as europian settlers arived from Italy, in the mid-1800's the need for expansion caused more colflicts with indigenous tribes further west and south.
 * Early settler conflicts**

 The War of the Triple Alliance was a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between **Paraguay** and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. It caused more deaths than any other war in modern South American military history, and particularly devastated Paraguay, killing most of its male population.
 * War of the triple alliance**

 As Argentina expanded its borders, the indigenous people living in the southern regions attacked the colonials making conflict with them imminent. For example, the Conquest of the Desert was a military campaign in the 1870s. established Argentine dominance over Patagonia, which was inhabited by indigenous peoples. The Conquest is commemorated on the 100 peso bill in Argentina.
 * Conquest of the desert**

In the Argentina in the 1970's, there was a major conflict between military dictators and their political opponents resulting in 1,000's of political deaths. these conflicts caused extreme economical debt from witch only in the last ten years Argentina is recovering.
 * Dirty war **