Albion absolved: Britain was not secret instigator of Paraguay war, book claims

The notion that South American neighbours had a fourth ally' in the 19th-century War of the Triple Alliance is a myth, author says

The deadliest war ever fought between Latin American states saw Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay team up to invade Paraguay, kill its headstrong ruler Francisco Solano Lopez and wipe out nearly half its people.

Allegations are still voiced across the region - in schoolbooks, newspapers and documentaries, and by politicians and journalists - that a fourth ally" was pulling the strings behind the 1864-70 war of the Triple Alliance: Britain.