In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance (1865-70) - between Paraguay and Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay - Paraguay lost two-thirds of all adult males and much of its territory. It stagnated ...
Landlocked Paraguay is surrounded by Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Political unrest, corruption and chronic economic problems have plagued its fragile democracy since it emerged from the 35-year ...
ELECTIONS: Voters on Sunday will elect a successor to President Luis Gonzalez Macchi, a former Senate leader appointed president in March 1999 after the resignation of Raul Cubas amid a political ...
Paraguay, one of South America's least densely populated countries, experienced more than three decades of dictatorship under Alfredo Stroessner, who was ousted in 1989 and died in exile in 2006. The ...