 Zvisinei, zvisungo zvenyika yose, zvorudzidziso rwakaziviswa rwokusatora rutivi, zvakanga zvisingawirirani nenhamba huru yavarwi veBritain kuti varwe vachibva kuUnited Kingdom namakoroni ayo, mukurwisana namakoroni eSpain amene muSouth America. Pamberi pa 1817 maBritish mashomanene akanga atora rutivi mumatanho apakuvamba okurwisana mumativi akasiana-siana eAmerica, kazhinji kazhinji akaparadzaniswa, asi zviito zvinokosha, zvakadai seRio de la Plata. Kunyange zvakadaro kurovedzwa kwakarongwa muBritain kwakatanga muna April 1817, kuti varwire Simón Bolívar. Mamiriro ezvinhu akanga akanaka kwazvo, achibatsirwa nevamiriri veVenezuela nevanoda zvitsva vakadai saGregor McGregor, maofficial nema sergeants vokuBritain vakadzorerwa vachigadzira mapoka avo. 