Although the region was sparsely populated, it contained the Paraguay River, which would have given either landlocked country access to the Atlantic Ocean, and there was also speculation, later proved incorrect, that the Chaco would be a rich source of petroleum.

Although there is little ethnic strife in Paraguay to impede social and economic progress, there is social conflict caused by underemployment and the enormous gap between the rich and the poor.

Although complications with Britain and France prevented him from moving against Paraguay, Rosas quickly established a porteño embargo on Paraguayan goods.

Although Paraguay had held the Chaco for as long as anyone could remember, the country did little to develop the area.

Although Paraguay faced significant obstacles to future economic development, it displayed extraordinary potential.

Although the sacrifice was high, the plan helped bring economic stability to Paraguay.

Although industry was becoming more visible in Paraguay in the 1980s, industry's share of GDP actually declined in the 1970s and 1980s because of more rapid growth in agriculture.

Although not a particularly large country in absolute terms, Paraguay presently is the largest country maintaining official diplomatic relations with the Republic of China.

Although most Indians do not have heavy beards, there are groups who do, such as the Aché of Paraguay who also have light skin but who show no evidence of admixture with Europeans and Africans.

Although opposition parties were nominally permitted after 1962 ( the Colorado Party had been the only legal party in the country since 1947 ), Paraguay remained for all intents and purposes a one-party state.

Although geographically this includes part of Southern and Southeast ( São Paulo ) of Brazil, in terms of political geography the Southern cone has traditionally comprised Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Although this sport is mostly played in Spain and France, there are also federations of Basque ball in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Philippines, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela, Netherlands, Sweden, India and Greece.

Although there is an import tax of 60 % on the price of anything costing more than 300 dollars, coming from Paraguay into Brazil, smugglers often pay bribes to avoid paying any taxes.

Although early reports locate Aché-like groups throughout eastern Paraguay and adjacent areas of Brazil, by the 20th century the Aché lived in four dialectally distinct groups that inhabited the Paraná River watershed in the modern day states of Caazapa, Guairá, Alto Paraná, Caaguazu, and Canindeyu.

Although random transects show a high density of palms in the Mbaracayú region of Paraguay, most of these do not contain starch.

Although the embargo was never officially ratified by the United Nations Security Council, most countries refrained from official trade with Burundi.

Although the Colombian Government ratified the 1988 UN Convention on Narcotics in 1994 — the last of the Andean governments to do so — it took important reservations, notably to the anti-money-laundering measures, asset forfeiture and confiscation provisions, maritime interdiction, and extradition clauses.

Although plans to raise the school leaving age to 15 in the 1940s were never ratified, increasing numbers stayed on beyond elementary education and it was eventually raised to 16 in 1973.

Although no agreements were immediately ratified by the participating nations, work was continued that resulted in new conventions being adopted and becoming recognized as international law that specified that prisoners of war be treated humanely and diplomatically.

Although the same parties had previously signed the Treaty of Sèvres, it was rejected before it had been ratified, by the Turkish national movement led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who fought against the terms of the treaty and the occupation of Anatolia.

Although a proposed amendment is effective after three-fourths of the states ratify it, states have, in many instances, ratified an amendment that has already become law, often for symbolic reasons.

Although the treaty was not approved by the Cherokee National Council, it was ratified by the U. S. Senate and resulted in the Cherokee Trail of Tears.

Although the leaders of Plymouth Colony had already hired him for that role, this vote ratified the decision by democratic process.

Although signed by Pierce and Santa Anna, the treaty needed to be ratified by a 2 / 3 vote of the U. S. Senate, where it met strong opposition.

Although the new Compact and its component MUORA was ratified in 2003, they have since held out and refused to sign the LUA of 2003, insisting, through Kwajalein Atoll elected representatives, that either a new LUA should be drafted that considers their needs or the U. S. will have to leave Kwajalein when the active LUA ( which began in the 1980s ) expires in 2016.

Although the treaty was signed in 2005 by the foreign ministers of Estonia and Russia, due to continuing political tensions it has not been ratified.

Although it has not been ratified by the Province of Quebec, the constitution applies to all citizens of Canada and is integral to the political and legal systems used in Quebec.

Although the Kyrgyz Republic ratified the Lisbon Recognition Convention in 2004, it is not a State party to the European Cultural Convention of the Council of Europe, and there is – as far as is known – no consideration of expanding the geographical scope of this Convention.

Although the government, after the judgment of Lau Kong Yung & Others v Director of Immigration was handed down, claimed that " the Court had confirmed that the Government had acted entirely constitutionally and legally " in requesting a NPCSC interpretation, the truth is the Court never endorsed or ratified the Government's acts.

Although the constitution was ratified in October 1827, it did not take effect until October 1828, at which point Ross was elected principal chief.

Although Quebec had not ratified the new Constitution Act, 1982 ; the Supreme Court of Canada had ruled that Quebec was bound by it.

Although this was opposed by the majority of the delegation and lacked the signature of the Principal Chief John Ross, the US Senate ratified the treaty.

Although these treaties have yet to be ratified by Parliament in Ottawa and Legislature in Victoria, neighboring First Nations are seeking to block these treaties in the courts.

Although the US has not ratified the Convention, it has similarly banned agricultural uses while still allowing its use a second-line lice and scabies treatment.

Although this was true ( for one month anyway, it was ratified in June ), the FastBlazer did not ship with an interim standard either ; even AT & T's largely ignored 19, 200 bit / s v. 32terbo would only be available as a post-release upgrade in July, there were no plans to support the widespread V. FC at all, and no date was set for full V. 34 support other than " two or three months ".

Although no official border treaty has been ratified since then, today Narva River is the eastern border of the European Union and Schengen Zone.

Although the US Government ratified the treaty, the terms agreed upon in the treaty were never honored.

Although the treaty was signed by the western and eastern German states as separate entities, it was ratified by the united Germany ( the Federal Republic of Germany ) per the terms of the treaty agreement.

Although the treaty was not approved by the Cherokee National Council, it was ratified by the U. S. Senate and became the legal basis for the forcible removal known as the Trail of Tears.

Although this document was subsequently adopted by International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) and subsequent revisions published by ISO have been adopted by ANSI, the name ANSI C ( rather than ISO C ) is still more widely used.

Although trade unions in Benin represent up to 75 % of the formal workforce, the large informal economy has been noted by the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITCU ) to contain ongoing problems, including a lack of women's wage equality, the use of child labour, and the continuing issue of forced labour.

Although the Agency for International Development ( USAID ) closed its office in Ouagadougou in 1995, about $ 18 million annually of USAID funding goes to Burkina's development through non-governmental and regional organizations.

Although Hill, no longer a front-runner since his 1969 accident, took his final Formula One win in the non-championship BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone, the team scored only seven championship points.

Although its Academy Award was presented to Taiwan, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was in fact an international co-production between companies in four regions: the Chinese company China Film Co-Production Corporation ; the American companies Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures Classics and Good Machine ; the Hong Kong company EDKO Film ; and the Taiwanese Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd ; as well as the unspecified United China Vision, and Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., created solely for this film.

Although President Obiang signed a national anti-torture decree in 2006 to ban all forms of abuse and improper treatment in Equatorial Guinea and commissioned the renovation and modernization of Black Beach prison in 2007 to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners, human rights abuses continue. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International among other non-governmental organizations have documented severe human rights abuses in prisons, including torture, beatings, unexplained deaths and illegal detention.

Although 875 extinctions occurring between 1500 and 2009 have been documented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the vast majority are undocumented.

Although several games based on the HERO System were published in the 1980s, including Champions, Danger International, Justice, Inc., Robot Warriors and the original versions of Fantasy HERO and Star HERO, each of the RPGs was self-contained, much as Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing games are.

Although Marx won this contest, the transfer of the seat of the General Council from London to New York in 1872, which Marx supported, led to the decline of the International.

Although the government maintains a pro-Western stance, it has had trouble pursuing structural reforms and has made little progress on the International Monetary Fund's program to attract external financial resources.

Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently ( for example, see Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the United States ), an international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ), and its World Commission on Protected Areas, has defined " National Park " as its Category II type of protected areas.

Although a number of the larger members of this group were initially described as planets, in 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto and its largest neighbours as dwarf planets, leaving only eight planets in the Solar System.

Although some privacy advocates recommend the deletion of original and third-party HTTP cookies, Anthony Miyazaki, marketing professor at Florida International University and privacy scholar, warns that the " elimination of third-party cookie use by Web sites can be circumvented by cooperative strategies with third parties in which information is transferred after the Web site's use of original domain cookies.

Although there was no full-scale PAL region release of the system, imported PC Engine consoles were largely available in France and Benelux through major retailers thanks to the unlicensed importer Sodipeng ( Société de Distribution de la PC Engine, a subsidiary of Guillemot International ).< ref >

Although generally skeptical of 3-D film as a format, Herzog premiered the film at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in 3-D and had its European premiere at the 2011 Berlinale.

Although many countries recognize treaties like the International Labor Organization, which attempt to set standards for worker safety and rights, many countries have made exceptions to certain parts of the treaties or failed to thoroughly enforce them.

Although this is discouraged by both the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, there are some five thousand such names in use in more than one kingdom.

Although a number of variants of the metric system emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the term is now often used as a synonym for the " International System of Units "-the official system of measurement in almost every country in the world.

Although genus types with vertical extent are often considered a single family, the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) further distinguishes towering vertical clouds as a separate group by specifying that these very large cumuliform and cumulonimbiform types must be identified by their standard names or abbreviations in all aviation observations ( METARS ) and forecasts ( TAFS ) to warn pilots of possible severe weather and turbulance.

Although no universally accepted definition of ' fair trade ' exists, Fairtrade labeling organizations most commonly refer to a definition developed by FINE, an informal association of four international fair trade networks ( Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International, World Fair Trade Organization ( WFTO ), Network of European Worldshops and European Fair Trade Association ( EFTA )):

Although originally intended for theatrical release, Mars Needs Women was distributed directly to television by American International.

Although there were accusations of human rights abuses, the OAS / UN International Civilian Mission in Haiti, known by the French acronym MICIVIH, found that the human rights situation in Haiti improved dramatically following Aristide's return to power in 1994.

Although the organisation reformed in 1923 as the Labour and Socialist International, supporters of the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks had already set up the Communist International ( Comintern ), which they regarded as the Third International.