The OTL exodus from the Banda Oriental (now Uruguay) led by José Gaspar Artigas in 1811-12 that led ultimately to the other side of the Uruguay River, in Entre Rios (now part of Argentina), lasted only for a number of months.
Suppose that ITTL it's allowed to continue in the longer term, such that it's no longer just about providing a safe space for war preparations but rather for Artigas and his Orientales to settle far away from the Junta in Buenos Aires, the Royalists in Montevideo, and the Portuguese invaders of the Banda Oriental, in the manner of the Trek Boers in South Africa or the Mormons (who wandered from the eastern US all the way to Utah) later in the 19th century. Suppose further that Artigas and his followers don't feel safe in Entre Rios either, let's say because the Portuguese invade Entre Rios also (which they didn't quite do IOTL) and/or because Buenos Aires forces are quite active in Entre Rios. Had all of that been so, would the Orientales under the leadership of Artigas have settled in Corrientes? Misiones? Paraguay? The Chaco? Perhaps even reoccupy the former Jesuit missions that had been abandoned following the 1767 expulsion of the Jesuits?
Suppose that ITTL it's allowed to continue in the longer term, such that it's no longer just about providing a safe space for war preparations but rather for Artigas and his Orientales to settle far away from the Junta in Buenos Aires, the Royalists in Montevideo, and the Portuguese invaders of the Banda Oriental, in the manner of the Trek Boers in South Africa or the Mormons (who wandered from the eastern US all the way to Utah) later in the 19th century. Suppose further that Artigas and his followers don't feel safe in Entre Rios either, let's say because the Portuguese invade Entre Rios also (which they didn't quite do IOTL) and/or because Buenos Aires forces are quite active in Entre Rios. Had all of that been so, would the Orientales under the leadership of Artigas have settled in Corrientes? Misiones? Paraguay? The Chaco? Perhaps even reoccupy the former Jesuit missions that had been abandoned following the 1767 expulsion of the Jesuits?
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