Editing History of Paraguay (section)

===Factions===
The remaining López loyalists gathered around [[Cándido Bareiro]] who, on 31 March 1869, founded the ''Republican Union Club'' which in early 1870 became the ''Club del Pueblo'' and after 17 February 1878, ''Club Libertad'' and who published their newspaper ''La Voz del Pueblo''. The Bareiro faction was also known as ''lopiztas'' because of their loyalty to the memory of President López and it was opposed to the Decoud faction who had established their rival ''Club del Pueblo'' (after 23 March 1870, the ''Gran Club del Pueblo'').

On 26 June 1869, the Decoud faction, centered around young liberals [[Facundo Machaín]], [[José Segundo Decoud]] and the latter's father Juan Francisco, established their ''Club del Pueblo'', and on 1 October 1869, they started publishing the newspaper ''[[La Regeneración (Paraguay)|La Regeneración]]''. Their rivals, López loyalists, established ''Club Unión'' with [[Cayo Miltos]] as president. So the two currents that eventually led to the Liberal and Colorado Parties began.<ref name="books.google.lv"/>

In the decade following the war, the principal political conflicts within Paraguay reflected the Liberal-Colorado split, with Legionnaires battling Lopiztas (ex-followers of Solano López) for power, while Brazil and Argentina maneuvered in the background. The Legionnaires saw the Lopiztas as reactionaries. The Lopiztas accused the Legionnaires of being traitors and foreign puppets. Many people constantly changed political sides. Political and financial opportunism characterized this era, not ideological purity.

The Liberal and Colorado Parties were officially established in 1887. Both parties had former López supporters and [[Paraguayan Legion]] veterans in their ranks. The Liberal party came to be divided among ''civicos'' (civics) and ''radicales'' (radicals) factions, while Colorados were split among ''caballeristas'' (supporters of president [[Bernardino Caballero]]) and ''egusquicistas'' (supporters of president [[Juan Bautista Egusquiza]]).<ref name="google7">{{cite book|title=Handbook of Latin American Literature (Routledge Revivals)|last=Foster |first= D.W.|date=2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317518259|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rHPbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT555|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

The [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|National Republican Association-Colorado Party]] (Asociación Nacional Republicana-Partido Colorado) dominated Paraguayan political life from the mid-1870s (despite still not existing formally then) until 1904, when Liberals overthrew it. The following ascent of [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Liberal Party]] marked the decline of Brazilian influence, which had supported the Colorados as the principal political force in Paraguay, and the rise of Argentine influence.