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Background: In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance (1865-70), Paraguay lost two-thirds of all adult males and much of its territory. It stagnated economically for the next half century. In the Chaco War of 1932-35, large, economically important areas were won from Bolivia. The 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo STROESSNER was overthrown in 1989, and, despite a marked increase in political infighting in recent years, relatively free and regular presidential elections have been held since then.
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August 22nd 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
"Let's meet early". Words of dread. Everyone has a different idea of what time they consider to be early. Inevitably it is always earlier than I“d like it to be. I cautiously replied, "How early is ... 20 photos [full story]
"Let's meet early". Words of dread. Everyone has a different idea of what time they consider to be early. Inevitably it is always earlier than I“d like it to be. I cautiously replied, "How early is ... 20 photos [full story]
July 22nd 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
An excellent breakfast with Helmuth and Nicoleta: yogurt and soft-boiled eggs, juice, tea, and hugs and pictures as we said goodbye, with promises to put them up should they come our way. We couldn&r ... [full story]
An excellent breakfast with Helmuth and Nicoleta: yogurt and soft-boiled eggs, juice, tea, and hugs and pictures as we said goodbye, with promises to put them up should they come our way. We couldn&r ... [full story]
July 19th 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
I hate writing about this almost as much as I disliked living it, but today (Sunday) was a crashing disappointment. I almost wished I'd been one of the Machu Picchu people after seeing a morning serv ... [full story]
I hate writing about this almost as much as I disliked living it, but today (Sunday) was a crashing disappointment. I almost wished I'd been one of the Machu Picchu people after seeing a morning serv ... [full story]
July 18th 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
Breakfast is finally warming up at the Casa! Actually had a conversation this morning at the table, with folks from Chaco. And the morning started out great with a surprisingly good performance of th ... [full story]
Breakfast is finally warming up at the Casa! Actually had a conversation this morning at the table, with folks from Chaco. And the morning started out great with a surprisingly good performance of th ... [full story]
July 18th 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
A sterling choir from Switzerland started off "Serving Like Christ" day well. One of the cool things this morning was a report from Melani Susanti, a young Indonesian woman who served as an intern wi ... [full story]
A sterling choir from Switzerland started off "Serving Like Christ" day well. One of the cool things this morning was a report from Melani Susanti, a young Indonesian woman who served as an intern wi ... [full story]
July 17th 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
Some cool stuff this morning: a prayer of thanks led by Ojibway and Cheyenne people, including a big delegation from Kansas, facing the four directions, then to the sky and to the ground. Strange to ... [full story]
Some cool stuff this morning: a prayer of thanks led by Ojibway and Cheyenne people, including a big delegation from Kansas, facing the four directions, then to the sky and to the ground. Strange to ... [full story]
July 16th 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
A taciturn bunch, these Deutscher-Paraguayans. Jeff is convinced they're just so insular they're not interested in making conversation with an Englischer like him. But I'm convinced they're just not ... [full story]
A taciturn bunch, these Deutscher-Paraguayans. Jeff is convinced they're just so insular they're not interested in making conversation with an Englischer like him. But I'm convinced they're just not ... [full story]
July 20th 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
Time to get ourselves to Asuncion. Overcoming our confusion about Guaranis (about 5000 to the U.S. dollar -- WHY did we not practise those big numbers in Spanish??), we managed to buy a ticket to Asu ... [full story]
Time to get ourselves to Asuncion. Overcoming our confusion about Guaranis (about 5000 to the U.S. dollar -- WHY did we not practise those big numbers in Spanish??), we managed to buy a ticket to Asu ... [full story]
135 days ago: Sandra and Stephen published a blog
Asuncion- A little bit of Culture and a whole lotta Meat
Asuncion- A little bit of Culture and a whole lotta Meat
June 25th 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
Buenas Dias! We have just spent 5 very full days in Asuncion. From the brevity of the Paraguay section in our travel book one would think there isn“t much to this place, but thats definitely not tr ... 11 photos [full story]
Buenas Dias! We have just spent 5 very full days in Asuncion. From the brevity of the Paraguay section in our travel book one would think there isn“t much to this place, but thats definitely not tr ... 11 photos [full story]
June 18th 2009 South America » Paraguay » Asunciņn
The bus journey from Villamontes ended up taking 18 long hours, ensuring we had spent 38 out of the previous 48 hours travelling. The bus drove down through the Chaco in Paraguay, the petroleum a ... [full story]
The bus journey from Villamontes ended up taking 18 long hours, ensuring we had spent 38 out of the previous 48 hours travelling. The bus drove down through the Chaco in Paraguay, the petroleum a ... [full story]
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