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In 2003 Paraguay’s national military academy admitted female cadets for the first time, opening another door for women pursuing education. [1] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [2] finds that Paraguay is fulfilling only 70.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [3]
The first Baháʼí pioneer to settle in Paraguay was Elizabeth Cheney late in 1940 [26] and the first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly of Asunción was elected in 1944. [26] [27] By 1961 Paraguayan Baháʼís had elected the first National Spiritual Assembly and by 1963 there were 3 local assemblies plus other communities. [28]
Sport in Paraguay is an important part of the country's national culture. Football is the most popular sport, and basketball is also very popular. [3] Other sports such as volleyball, futsal, swimming and tennis are also popular. [3] Additional Paraguayan sports and pastimes include rugby union, chess, motorsport, golf and rowing.
Polar bears Aurora and Peregrino, born in Russia, are the first of their kind in the country. Despite the climate difference between their homeland and Brazil, these mammals, which together weigh 730 kg, had no problem adapting to their new home. They live in a 1,500-square-meter enclosure with a temperature between -15 °C and -5 °C. [5] [3 ...
Asunción Bay is separated from the great Paraguay River by the San Miguel Bank, a narrow lowland peninsula where two geographical and ecological regions of Paraguay converge: the Humid Chaco and the Alto Paraná Atlantic forests. Some important bodies of water are the Pozo Colorado, De Los Patos, Ycuá Satí, and Jaén streams.
A Guarani speaker. Paraguayan Guarani [a] is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch [4] of the Tupian language family.It is one of the official languages of Paraguay (along with Spanish), where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and where half of the rural population are monolingual speakers of the language.
The Universidad Columbia del Paraguay (Columbia University of Paraguay) is a private university. It was founded in 1943, but it obtained the title of university only in 1991. In 60 years it had more than 200,000 students.
According to data in the National Census of Population and Housing of the year 2012, carried out by the Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos (today Instituto Nacional de Estadística), the most spoken languages in Paraguayan homes are: 46.3% Spanish and Guaraní (or Jopara), 34% only Guaraní, and 15.3% only Spanish; the rest ...