The United States Department of State approved of closer ties between Brazil and Paraguay and especially supported Brazil's offer to finance a road project designed to reduce Paraguay's dependence on Argentina.

During his government some forts were founded in Chaco, the Caballero State was acquired, the municipal constitutional law was modified, the colony Nueva Colombia was founded, the project for postal charges to United States was approved, Paraguay was invited to participate in the International Rural Congress of Peoria ( Illinois, USA ).

With the arrival of news in May 1810 that southern Spain had been conquered by Napoleon's forces, that the Spanish Supreme Central Junta had dissolved itself, declarations of independence in Quito ( 1809 ), Gran Colombia ( 1810 ), Venezuela and Paraguay ( 1811 ) and other territories, established their own governments.

Far from bolstering the cabildos position, this move instantly ignited an uprising and the overthrow of Spanish authority in Paraguay on May 14 and 15, 1811.

* May 9 – Juan Carlos Wasmosy becomes the first democratically elected President of Paraguay in nearly 40 years.

* May 4 – General Alfredo Stroessner seizes power in a coup d ' état in Paraguay.

* May 14 – Paraguay declares independence from Spain.

In an effort of bringing more Taiwan-born citizens into government services, Chiang Ching-kuo " exiled " his over-ambitious chief of General Political Warfare Department, General Wang Sheng, to Paraguay as an ambassador ( November 1983 ), and hand-picked Lee Teng-hui as vice-president of the Republic of China ( formally elected May 1984 ), first-in-the-line of succession to the presidency.

In May 1888, Sarmiento left Argentina for Paraguay.

In May 1975, ERP representative Amilcar Santucho was captured trying to cross into Paraguay to promote the JCR unity effort.

On 1 May, Brazil joined Argentina and ( conquered ) Uruguay and signed the Treaty of the Triple Alliance, which stipulated that they should unitedly pursue the war until the existing government of Paraguay was overthrown, " until no arms or elements of war should be left to it.

Paraguay gained its independence on May 15, 1811, after a plan organized by various pro-independence nationalists including Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia.

Juan Bernardino Caballero de Añasco y Melgarejo ( 20 May 1839, Ybycuí, Paraguay – 26 February 1912, Asunción ) was the President of Paraguay from 1881 until 1886 and founder of the Colorado Party.

The Republic of Ireland played two international friendly fixtures on 25th and 28th of May 2010 against Paraguay and Algeria.

On May 1, 1865, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina signed the | Triple Alliance to defend themselves against aggression from Paraguay, which was ruled by the dictator Francisco López.

The May Revolution () was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish colony that included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Downing was included in the England World Cup squad in May 2006 by Sven-Göran Eriksson, primarily as a back-up for Joe Cole, and came on as a second half substitute in England's victorious opening game against Paraguay.

Tigres played Libertad of Paraguay on April 27, 2006 and again on May 4, 2006.

The Junta declared itself a natural ally of any city that revolts against the royalists ; either those that did so in support of the May Revolution or those who revolted on their own ( Chile, and Paraguay shortly after Belgrano's defeat ).

Dr. Federico Chaves Careaga ( February 15, 1882 – April 24, 1978 ) was a Paraguayan politician and soldier who served as President of Paraguay from September 10, 1949 to May 5, 1954.

Yegros and Pedro Juan Caballero were the main military figures in the revolution in May 1811, which led to the independence of Paraguay.

Tomás Romero Pereira ( October 4, 1886 – August 12, 1982 ) was President of Paraguay from May 5, 1954 to August 15, 1954.

* November 3 – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay ( d. 2006 )

Paraguay 2006.

Owen started England's first two games of the 2006 World Cup, against Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago, but did not manage to score.

However, in October 2006 Paraguay decided not to renew such immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court ( ICC ).

* Football ( soccer ) the Socceroos have played a number of matches including matches against-Uruguay for qualification into the 2006 FIFA World Cup-Friendly against Paraguay.

In Spain, it is the second most common surname ( only after García ) with 2. 08 % of the population bearing the surname .< ref > Instituto Nacional de Estadística ; published November 16, 2006 ; < http :// www. ine. es / daco / daco42 / nombyapel / nombyapel. htm ></ ref > It is also very popular in Latin America, being the most common one in countries like Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay, and Domincan Republic < ref > Several sources from Wikipedia in Spanish < http :// es. wikipedia. org / wiki / Anexo: Apellidos_m % C3 % A1s_comunes ></ ref > and thus making it the most popular surname in the Spanish speaking world.

Following the withdrawals of Costa Rica and El Salvador in August 2006, no country maintains its embassy in Jerusalem, although Paraguay has its in nearby Jerusalem suburb Mevasseret Zion.

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Sweden had one of the largest group of supporters during a tournament, especially during the group stage match against Paraguay with around 50, 000 Swedish supporters in attendance, plus an additional 50, 000 fans watching the game outside the stadium.

* Asunción, Paraguay ( 2006 ).

He worked alongside Hiddink and Graham Arnold as part of their World Cup 2006 campaign, and even afterwards he remained involved with the Australian national team: on 7 October 2006, under contract with FC Barcelona, Neeskens was alongside the Australian national team's bench in a friendly match between Paraguay while visiting Australia for a short break.

* Gracilidris, a genus of dolichoderine ants thought to have gone extinct 15-20 million years ago was found in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina and described in 2006.

* 10 June 2006 — England open their World Cup campaign with a 1 – 0 win over Paraguay.

The member states are Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan ( 27 July 2006 ), Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Korea ( 5 June 2007 ), Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

After his displays in England's friendlies, Crouch partnered with Michael Owen in attack for England's opening 2006 World Cup game against Paraguay on 10 June 2006.

Having previously fallen out with Toshack over being left on the bench during a friendly match with Paraguay in March 2006, Collins had not been called into the Wales squad since 2007.

He represented the national team at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup tournaments, he also participated at the 1999 Copa América, 2007 Copa América and the 2011 Copa América, where Paraguay finished runners-up.

On 7 October 2006 he made his debut as the Socceroos ' captain in a 1 – 1 friendly against Paraguay, in Brisbane.

The Paraguay national football team was stationed here during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The following year 2006, and by second time in a row, the team won the same contest, this time "" in Paraguay.