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Paraguay was in its maximum extension the old Paraguayan Province, a Jesuit administration belonging to the Viceroyalty of Peru and whose clerical capital was the city of Córdoba. During the 17th and 18th centuries, 30 reductions were built in this province, which are currently distributed in three countries: 8 in Paraguay , 15 in Argentina ...
A tatakua, made of brick and red clay. A tatakua (Guarani: tatakua; Spanish: tatacuá) is a traditional Paraguayan rustic oven, [1] [2] made of brick and a mixture of mud and molasses, [3] whose construction is specially designed for the preparation of typical food such as chipa, Paraguayan soup, chipa guasu, etc. [4] [5] [6] [7]
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.
Santiago Peña Palacios (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ˈpeɲa paˈlasjos]; born 16 November 1978) is a Paraguayan politician and economist who is the 52nd and current president of Paraguay since 2023. In addition to his political career, Peña has served on leadership boards for the Central Bank of Paraguay and Banco Amambay. [3]
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish: [alˈfɾeðo esˈtɾosneɾ]; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer, politician, and dictator who ruled as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow in 1989.
Villarrica is the only municipality in Paraguay that gets its electricity service from a private company. [8] The service for Internet access is provided by the companies Tigo, Personal and the state-owned COPACO. Some banks that have offices in Villarrica are Itau Bank from Brazil, Banco Nacion from Argentina and BNF, GNB and Continental from ...
Asunción, Paraguay Pole vault: 4.50 m Hugo Ramos: 26 May 1990 Asunción, Paraguay Long jump: 7.42 m Olegario Olmedo: 25 July 1987 Asunción, Paraguay Triple jump: 15.16 m (+2.0 m/s) Oscar Alvarenga: 13 June 2004 São Paulo, Brazil Shot put: 18.31 m Ramón Jiménez Gaona: 28 March 1992 Los Angeles, United States Discus throw: 64.30 m [a] Ramón ...
The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, colloquially known as the Stronismo or Stronato, was the period of almost 35 years in the history of Paraguay in which army general Alfredo Stroessner ruled the country as a de facto one-party state under an authoritarian military dictatorship, from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989.