Qualla: Cry of Asencio https://qualla.com/cry-of-asencio en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Cry of Asencio https://qualla.com/cry-of-asencio Cry of Asencio: Introduction https://qualla.com/cry-of-asencio/ There is nothing dramatic about the Asencio stream today, a modest watercourse winding through the cattle country of Soriano, about ten kilometers from the town of Mercedes. But on February 28, 1811, roughly a hundred men gathered on its banks and refused, out loud, to obey their Spanish governor. They called it the Grito de Asencio, the Cry of Asencio, and it was the spark. From this unremarkable spot in the Banda Oriental, the territory that would one day become Uruguay, a revolution caught fire.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/n/c/cry-of-asencio-wp/6dnc-cry-of-asencio-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Cry of Asencio: A King in Captivity, a Continent Adrift https://qualla.com/cry-of-asencio/ The crisis began an ocean away. When Napoleon's armies invaded Spain and captured King Ferdinand VII, the Spanish empire in the Americas lost its center of gravity. In the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, the capital city of Buenos Aires seized the moment: in the May Revolutio...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/n/c/cry-of-asencio-wp/6dnc-cry-of-asencio-taxes-war-and-a-defecting-officer.mp3 0:06 3 full Cry of Asencio: The Cry Itself https://qualla.com/cry-of-asencio/ The rising that Artigas helped set in motion was led on the ground by two local caudillos, Venancio Benavídez and Pedro Viera, acting on his instructions. Viera had begun rallying men in January with a band of just twenty-eight; by late February the movement had grown. On Februar...

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