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Juan Antonio Jara (1845-1887), vice-president of Paraguay Ramón Jiménez Gaona (born 1969), former track and field athlete Juliana (died c. 1542), 16th-century Guaraní rebel
Ernesto Pérez Acosta, popularly known as "Pai Pérez" [Father Pérez] was born in Itauguá, in Paraguay's Central Department on January 17, 1889. Son to Colonel José del Carmen Pérez, one of the members of the 1870 constitutional assembly, and Juana Rosa Acosta.
The police entered the property and Da Costa died in the ensuing gunfight, after shooting the police commissioner, Alberto Buenaventura Cantero, in the chest. Shaerer Prono and Kannonikoff escaped through the back door of the house and hid in a nearby school where they both used to teach, but were turned in to police by a priest, with the ...
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish: [alˈfɾeðo esˈtɾosneɾ]; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer, politician, and dictator who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow from power on 3 February 1989.
Pettirossi died instantly. Asunción's Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, three football clubs, the Airborne Brigade of the Paraguayan Air Force, a Paraguayan Air Force Base in Luque, a street in Asunción, a highway in Luque, the Paraguayan Institute of Aviation History, a school, and some other places are named after him.
During the War of the Triple Alliance, Paraguay lost 25–33% of its territory to Argentina and Brazil. The worst consequence of the war was the catastrophic loss of population. At least 50% of Paraguayans died during the conflict, numbers to which it took many decades for the country to return.
Aníbal Lovera (January 26, 1926 – January 23, 1994) was a Paraguayan composer, singer and folklorist.He was also a singer of the Chaco War epics. Anibal was born in Paraguay, in the Paraguari department, in the city of Quyquyho, on January 26, 1926, and died completely blind in Asuncion, January 23, 1994.
Guerrero was born in Ybaroty, a neighbourhood in the city of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay. His parents were Vicente Ortiz and Susana Guerrero, who died after giving birth. He was raised by his grandmother, Florencia Ortiz. He completed his first studies in a school in Villarrica, and stood out for his interest in scholarly works.