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Paraguay (/ ˈ p ær ə ɡ w aɪ /; Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guarani: Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.
- Demographics of Paraguay
Paraguay's population is distributed unevenly through the...
- Distrito Capital
Website. www .asuncion .gov .py (in Spanish) Asunción (...
- Paraguayan National Anthem
The "Paraguayan National Anthem" (Spanish: Himno Nacional...
- Alfredo Stroessner
When Pope John Paul II visited Paraguay in 1988, his visit...
- Politics of Paraguay
Politics of Paraguay takes place in a framework of a...
- Paraguayan War
Paraguayan War; From top, left to right: the Battle of...
- Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) is the lower...
- History of Paraguay
Much of the earliest written history of Paraguay comes from...
- Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay; Republiek China; Kategorie:Paraguay; Lys van lande...
- Demographics of Paraguay
Paraguay, oficialmente República del Paraguay [12] (en guaraní: Paraguái Tavakuairetã), [13] es un país americano sin litoral situado en la zona central de América del Sur. [2] Está organizado como un Estado unitario, [14] cuyo territorio se compone por un distrito capital y diecisiete departamentos. [15]
- Colonial Era
- Independence of 1811
- Historical Flags of Paraguay
- Era of Dictatorships
- Paraguayan War
- Under Occupation, 1870–76
- Liberals Versus Colorados
- Liberal Era, 1904–36
- Chaco War
- Military Dictatorships
Native peoples
The homeland of the Guarani people was eastward from the Paraguay River, in the Misiones Province of Argentina and southern Brazil and as far east as the Atlantic coast near Rio de Janeiro. Their pre-Columbian population is estimated at between 300,000 and one million. With the arrival of Europeans, the population rapidly decreased due to epidemics of European diseases. The Guaraní were united only by language and cultural similarities. No political structure existed above the village level....
Early explorers and conquistadors
Much of the earliest written history of Paraguay comes from records of the Spanish colonization, beginning in 1516 with the Juan Díaz de Solís' failed expedition to the Río de la Plata. On the home voyage, after Solís' death, one of the vessels was wrecked off Santa Catarina Island near the Brazilian coast. Among the survivors was Aleixo Garcia, a Portuguese adventurer who acquired a working knowledge of the Guaraní language. Garcia was intrigued by reports of "the White King" who supposedly...
Young colony
Uncertainties over the departure of Pedro de Mendoza led Charles V to promulgate a cédula (decree) that was unique in colonial Latin America. The cédula granted colonists the right to elect the governor of Río de la Plata Province either if Mendoza had failed to designate a successor or if a successor had died. Two years later, the colonists elected Irala as governor. His domain included all of present-day Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, most of Chile, as well as large parts of Brazil and Boliv...
The French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the subsequent wars in Europe weakened Spain's ability to maintain contact with and defend and control its colonies. British invasions of the River Plateof 1806–7 were repulsed by the local colonial troops and volunteer militias without help from Spain. Among the many causes of the May Revo...
Provisional flag, May–June 1811Provisional flag, 1812Provisional flag, 1812Flag from 1812 to 1826After the first revolutionary years, Congress in 1814 elected José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia to be the supreme dictator (Supremo) of Paraguay. Under dictatorships of Francia (1814–1840), Carlos Antonio López (1841–1862) and Francisco Solano López (1862–1870) Paraguay developed quite differently from other South American countries. They encouraged...
Solano López accurately assessed the September 1864 Brazilian intervention in Uruguayas a threat not only to Uruguay but to Paraguay as well. He was also correct in his assumption that neither Brazil nor Argentina paid much attention to Paraguay's interests when formulating their policies. He was clear that preserving Uruguayan independence was cru...
The allied occupation of Asunción in 1869 put the victors in direct control of Paraguayan affairs. While Bolivia and Argentina pressed their claims to the Gran Chaco, Argentina (with the Machaín-Irigoyen Treaty) and Brazil (with the Loizaga – Cotegipe Treaty) swallowed 154,000 square kilometers of Paraguayan territory. Brazil had borne the brunt of...
The era of party politics in Paraguay was free to begin in earnest. Nonetheless, the evacuation of foreign forces did not mean the end of foreign influence. Both Brazil and Argentina remained deeply involved in Paraguay as a result of their connections with Paraguay's rival political forces. The political rivalry between future Liberals and Colorad...
The Liberal Revolution of August 1904 began as a popular movement, but Liberal rule quickly degenerated into factional feuding, military coups, and civil wars. Political instability was extreme in the Liberal era, which saw twenty-one governments in thirty-six years. During the period 1904 to 1922, Paraguay had fifteen presidents.
Paraguay's dispute with Bolivia over the Chaco, brewing for decades, finally derailed the Liberals. Wars and poor diplomacy had prevented the settling of boundaries between the two countries. Although Paraguay had held the Chaco, the country did little to develop the area. Aside from scattered Mennonite colonies and nomadic Indian tribes, few peopl...
February Revolution
The revolution of February 1936 overthrew Liberal Party politicians who had won the war. The soldiers, veterans, students, and others who revolted actually felt that victory had come despite the Liberal government. Promising a national and social revolution, they occupied Asunción and brought Colonel Rafael Francoto power. During its 18 months of existence, the Franco government showed that it was serious about social justice by expropriating more than 200,000 hectares of land and distributin...
Estigarribia
In 1939 the Liberal politicians, recognizing that they had to choose someone with national stature and popularity to be President if they wanted to keep power, picked General José Félix Estigarribia as their candidate on 19 March 1939. This hero of the Chaco War was serving as a special envoy to the United States, and on 13 June Estigarribia and US Secretary of State Cordell Hull signed the Export-Import Bank loan of US$3.5 million. This greatly increased US influence in the country where Naz...
Morínigo, 1940–48
The era of the New Liberals, as Estigarribia's supporters were called, came to a sudden end on 7 September 1940, when the President and his wife died in an airplane crash. Hoping to maintain their control over government through a more submissive military man, the Old Liberal ministers and army leadership decided on the War Minister Higinio Moríñigoas the temporary President until new elections could be held in two months. The apparently genial Moríñigo quickly proved himself a shrewd politic...
Paraguay (/ ˈ p ær ə ɡ w aɪ /; Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guarani: Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay), is a small country in South America. It is landlocked , meaning that it is not next to the ocean . It is bordered to the North and East by Brazil , the West by Bolivia , and the South and Southeast by Argentina .
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References. External links. Geography of Paraguay. Map of Paraguay. Paraguay is a country in South America, bordering Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. The Paraguay River (Spanish: Río Paraguay) divides the country into strikingly different eastern and western regions.
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Paraguay ( / ˈpærəɡwaɪ /; Spanish pronunciation: [ paɾaˈɣwaj] ⓘ ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guarani: Paraguái Tavakuairetã ), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.
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