 Oribe, achitsigirwa nomurume ane simba wokuBuenos Aires Juan Manuel de Rosas, akaronga uto idzva ndokupinda muUruguay, nokudaro achitanga Hondo Yenyika yeUruguay. Muna December 1842 Oribe akakunda Rivera paHondo yeArroyo Grande ndokutanga Kukombwa Kukuru kweMontevideo. Simba raRivera raingova muguta guru, Oribe achitonga nyika yose. Muna 1847 Rivera akamanikidzwa kuenda kuBrazil, kwaakagara kusvikira muna 1853. 