After Uruguay's governing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Party_(Uruguay)" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Party (Uruguay)">Blanco Party</a> refuses Brazil's demands, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Antônio_Saraiva" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="José Antônio Saraiva">José Antônio Saraiva</a> announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_War" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Uruguayan War">Uruguayan War</a>.