The main antagonists were, on a geographical level, Buenos Aires Province against the other provinces of modern Argentina, and on a political level, the Federal Party against the Unitarian Party.
Hlavnými stranami boli, na geografickej úrovni Provincia Buenos Aires a ostatné provincie modernej Argentíny, a na politickej úrovni Federálna strana (Federales) a Unitaristická strana (Unitarios).