Uruguay's Colorado and Blanco parties are introduced as rivals that survived their civil war. The comparison with the American Civil War distinguishes political parties from the states that fought. Democrats and Republicans were present on the Union side, so a party label alone does not identify one of the opposing armies or governments. The comparison cautions against assuming that every civil war divides a country along an identical institutional line.
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Political parties and opposing sides in a civil war
The survival of Uruguay's rival parties prompts a distinction between party divisions and the opposing states in the American Civil War.