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The house was built in 1772 by the Spanish settler Antonio Martínez Sáenz who was married to the Paraguayan Petrona Caballero de Bazán. The walls were constructed from adobe; with thatched roof and framework made of bamboo and palm wood. The Martínez Sáenz-Caballero de Bazán couple had two children, Pedro Pablo and Sebastián Antonio.
Guaraníes, criollos y jesuitas: Luchas de poder en las Revoluciones Comuneras del Paraguay, siglos XVII y XVIII (in Spanish). Asunción: Editorial Tiempo de Historia. ISBN 978-99967-743-2-4. López, Adalberto (2007) [first published 1976]. The Colonial History of Paraguay: The Revolt of the Comuneros, 1721-1735. New Brunswick, New Jersey ...
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.
The house is offered in addition to a cafeteria, medical care as well as a cultural and sports program. The union came about around 1944/45 and resulted from the merger of the Casa dos Estudantes de Angola (est. 1943), the Casa dos Estudantes de Moçambique (founded 1944) and the Casa dos Estudantes de Cabo Verde (est. 1944).
Asunción (English: / ɑː ˌ s uː n s i ˈ oʊ n, ˌ ɑː s uː n ˈ s j oʊ n /, [3] [4] [5] Spanish:) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River.
The Paraguayan War (Spanish: Guerra del Paraguay, Portuguese: Guerra do Paraguai, Guarani: Paraguái Ñorairõ), also known as the War of the Triple Alliance (Spanish: Guerra de la Triple Alianza, Portuguese: Guerra da Tríplice Aliança, Guarani: Ñorairõ Triple Alianza Rehegua), was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870.
Palacio de los López continued on as the seat of government throughout the latter 20th century under the despotic rule of President Alfredo Stroessner, until the restoration of democracy in 1989. No president since that time has served for longer than a single five-year term, and presidential reelection (even in non-consecutive terms) is today ...
The 1989 Paraguayan coup d'état, also known as La Noche de la Candelaria, was a coup d'état that took place on 2–3 February 1989 in Asunción, Paraguay, led by General Andrés Rodríguez against the regime of long-time leader Alfredo Stroessner. The bloody overthrow which saw numerous soldiers killed in street fighting was sparked by a ...