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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ɣasˈpaɾ roˈðɾiɣes ðe ˈfɾansia]) (6 January 1766 – 20 September 1840) was a Paraguayan lawyer and politician, and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay [1] following its 1811 independence from the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
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 ...
When the contract expired, the band dissolved and Paraná formed the band "Los Paraguayos" with his brother Reynaldo Meza, Rubito Medina, and José de los Santos González, a harpist. They quickly recorded two LP's for Philips in the Netherlands: "Famous Latin American Songs" and "Ambassador of Romance", which had great success.
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 ...
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.
The "Paraguayan National Anthem" (Himno Nacional Paraguayo) was officially adopted on 20 May 1846.The lyrics were written by Francisco Acuña de Figueroa under the presidency of Carlos Antonio López, who at the time delegated Bernardo Jovellanos and Anastasio González to ask Figueroa to write the anthem.
Despedida de Solteiro (English: Bachelor Party) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 1992. [1] Cast. Actor/Actress Character
"Despedida" (English: "Farewell") is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for the extended play and soundtrack Love in the Time of Cholera (2008). She produced the track and wrote the lyrics to it, while co-composed its music with Brazilian Antônio Pinto .