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140:, who was on good terms with Governor Rosas. On 24 October 1838, Manuel Oribe resigned and fled to Buenos Aires, and Fructuoso Rivera assumed power. At the end of the 19th century, the French community represented about a third of Uruguay's population, most from the
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