🌎 Latin American Warshard
Battle of Cerro Cora
1870 CE · Cerro Cora, Paraguay
Quick Facts
- Year
- 1870 CE
- Location
- Cerro Cora, Paraguay
- Era
- 🌎 Latin American Wars
- Difficulty
- hard

The Battle of Cerro Cora was the final engagement of the War of the Triple Alliance. Brazilian cavalry tracked down the last remnants of the Paraguayan army in the forests of northern Paraguay. President Francisco Solano Lopez was killed, reportedly declaring he was dying with his fatherland. Paraguay had lost an estimated 60-90% of its population in the catastrophic war.
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When a Brazilian soldier reportedly told Lopez to surrender at Cerro Cora, he allegedly replied 'I die with my fatherland!' — words that became the national motto of Paraguayan resistance and pride.