Una “diplomacia difícil”: El Ministro Washburn, los Estados Unidos, y la Guerra del Paraguay
Charles Ames Washburn represented the United States in Paraguay from 1861 to 1868. Previous to his appointment, several problems had clouded relations between both countries: claims by Edward A. Hopkins, first American consul in Asunción; the bombardment of the U.S. warship Water Witch by the Paragu...
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Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
2009
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| Sumario: | Charles Ames Washburn represented the United States in Paraguay from 1861 to 1868. Previous to his appointment, several problems had clouded relations between both countries: claims by Edward A. Hopkins, first American consul in Asunción; the bombardment of the U.S. warship Water Witch by the Paraguayans; and a strong naval expedition that the United States sent to Paraguay to obtain compensation for both issues. President Abraham Lincoln chose Washburn, who had contributed to build the Republican Party of California, to reopen negotiations on the Hopkins claims; soon after he was appointed U.S. minister resident in Asunción. Washburn’s arrogant temperament made him confront both the allied commanders and Francisco Solano Lopez. In 1868, he granted asylum in his legation to several people accused to conspire against Lopez, and the Paraguayan government accused him to be ringleader of the conspiracy. Following his resignation, Washburn requested that the Congress of the United States investigated his conduct in Paraguay. This investigation demonstrated that charges against him were implausible. An analysis of the relations between Paraguay and the United States shows that it was a reciprocal cultural incomprehension that led to all misunderstandings between both countries. |
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