. Ports of the world. Guide book. M- O N T E V DEO quarreled. Before long they were inarms against each other for the Presi-dency of the Republic. Their adherentsgrew into two factions, which soondivided the nation. General Oribes fol-lowers were called Blancos becausetheir leader rode a white horse and hislancers carried white pennons on theirspearheads. The followers of the rivalgeneral Rivera, had red pennons andhe rode a bay horse. They were there-fore called the Colorados. From thatday on the Uruguayans have beendivided into Whites and years had passed and thegrandsons o
. Ports of the world. Guide book. M- O N T E V DEO quarreled. Before long they were inarms against each other for the Presi-dency of the Republic. Their adherentsgrew into two factions, which soondivided the nation. General Oribes fol-lowers were called Blancos becausetheir leader rode a white horse and hislancers carried white pennons on theirspearheads. The followers of the rivalgeneral Rivera, had red pennons andhe rode a bay horse. They were there-fore called the Colorados. From thatday on the Uruguayans have beendivided into Whites and years had passed and thegrandsons of the men who had foughtunder Oribe and Rivera in 1835 werestill fighting in 1910. At first theydid not fight because of the principlesinvolved; it was a personal feud betweentwo soldiers. The Whites became, in. BATHING BEACH AT MONTEVIDEO course of time, the rural political party,as opposed to the Reds of the the Reds are the anti-clericalparty, and the Whites the churchparty. The Whites have been out ofpolitical power since 186-i, but they stillhold together and form an oppositionto the other political party in the Con-
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