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Ramírez: Caudillo of the Province of Entre Ríos

Ramoncito: diminutive of Ramón.

reclamadas: claimed

reconociendo: recognizing

reconquistado: conquered again

redonda: round. 50 leguas la redonda: within a 50 leagues radius

reducción: reduction. Jesuitsī missions were called reducciones.

régimen: regime

rehecho: got over

repasar: to cross again

repercusión: repercussions

represalia: reprisal

restaurar: to restore

resto: rest

resultado: result

retardo: delay

reunió: he got together

Revolución de Mayo: May Revolution on May 25, 1810. Buenos Aires declared ended the authority of the Viceroy because of Napoleonīs invation to Spain. The Cabildo of Buenos Aires declared itself the new government. Formal independence was declared six years later in Tucumán on July 9, 1806

río: river

Rivera: caudillo of Banda Oriental (Republic of Uruguay)

robaban: they stole

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