Paraguay and the Triple AllianceIn the War of the Triple Alliancethe most terrible conflict in South American historyParaguay was almost annihilated by the armed forces of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. The chaotic postwar decade began with the Allied occupation of Asuncin, which lasted seven years, and was marked by Brazilian Argentine rivalry and interference in Paraguayan affairs and by the efforts of Paraguays governments to revive their stricken land, efforts often thwarted by