<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ama-porteños ahluleka emzamweni wawo wokwandisa ukulawula kwawo iParaguay ngokukhetha uJosé Espínola y Peña njengomkhulumeli wawo e-Asunción. Isazi-mlando uJohn Hoyt Williams sithi u-Espínola mhlawumbe wayengumParaguayan ozondwa kakhulu enkathini yakhe. Ukwamukelwa kuka-Espínola e-Asunción kwakungekhona okuhle, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi wayexhumene kakhulu nezinqubomgomo ezihahayo zombusi wangaphambili, uLázaro de Rivera, owabulala ngokungenangqondo amakhulu ezakhamuzi zakhe waze waphoqeleka ukuba asuke esikhundleni ngo-1805. Njengoba ayesanda kuphunyuka ekudingisweni enyakatho ekude yeParaguay, u-Espínola waphindela eBuenos Aires futhi waqamba amanga ngobukhulu bokusekelwa kwe-porteño eParaguay, okwenza i-cabildo yaseBuenos Aires yenza isinyathelo esiyinhlekelele ngokulinganayo. Emzamweni wokuxazulula le nkinga ngamandla, i-cabildo yathumela amabutho angu - 1 100 ngaphansi kukaJenene Manuel Belgrano ukuba anqobe i - Asunción. Amabutho aseParaguay abhubhisa ama-porteños eParaguarí  <response>: neTacuarí. Nokho, izikhulu ezivela emabuthweni womabili zazihlalisana obala phakathi nomkhankaso. Ngenxa yalokhu kuthintana amaParaguay aqaphela ukuthi ukubusa kweSpain eNingizimu Melika kwase kuzophela, nokuthi wona, hhayi abaseSpain, ayenamandla angempela. 