The first Jesuits arrived in 1588, and in 1610 Philip III proclaimed that only the " sword of the word " should be used to subdue Paraguayan Indians.

The Portuguese blocked Paraguayan territorial expansion in the north, Indians blocked it-until their expulsion-in the south, and the Jesuits blocked it in the east.

In the mid 17th century, Jesuits managed to domesticate the plant and establish plantations in their Indian reductions in Misiones, Argentina, sparking severe competition with the Paraguayan harvesters of wild stands.

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After the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1768 there is no further information about the Aché until the end of the 19th century and early 20th century when several writers related the knowledge of local Paraguayan populations concerning the Aché but none observed them directly.

Having remained isolated over the years, authentic native traditions have still survived, while evolving under Catholic ( in this case, the Jesuits of Paraguayan Reductions ) and Spanish influences.

Paraguayan harps and harp music have gained a worldwide reputation, with international influences alongside folk traditions.

In the new millennium, Paraguayan rock bands have gained a strong following thanks to the big rock festivals such as " Pilsen Rock " and " Quilmes Rock ", which gather around 60, 000 spectators for every edition.

There were more than 1, 100 delegates chosen by universal male suffrage, and many of these delegates represented the poor, rural Paraguayan majority.

These soldiers had witnessed the miserable state of the Paraguayan army and were forced in many cases to face the enemy armed only with machetes.

Oblservers contended that contraband was accepted by many Paraguayan government officials, some of whom were reputed to have benefited handsomely.

Unlike many other Latin American governments, which followed an import-substitution industrial policy, the Paraguayan government had played a minimalist role in the economy through most of the postwar era, curtailing import tariffs and maintaining a realistic exchange rate.

The discovery of cases of foot-and-mouth disease in 2002 and 2003 led to a ban on Paraguayan beef in many countries.

Interests on the territories and the navigation rights over the Platine region played a major role in many armed conflicts throughout the century, including the Argentine civil wars, the Cisplatine and Platine wars, and the Paraguayan War.

During her time as First Lady, Eliza Lynch educated Paraguayan society in many European customs and was largely responsible for the introduction of social events and clubs.

He published many books on Paraguayan history.

Villarrica has many places that honor the Paraguayan culture, such as the monument to the memory of Manuel Ortiz Guerrero, honorary citizen of the city.

Portable " churrasqueiras " are similar to those used to prepare the Argentine, Chilean, Paraguayan and Uruguayan asado, with a grill support, but many Brazilian " churrasqueiras " do not have grills, only the skewers above the embers.

Some re-entered the forest and many were persuaded or coerced to stay on as laborers in small Paraguayan settlements and isolated rural houses.

Lynch's Parisian manners soon made her a trendsetter in the Paraguayan capital, and she made enemies as quickly as she made friends.

South America is a relatively peaceful continent in which wars are a rare event ; as a result, Brazil hasn't had its territory invaded since year 1865 during the Paraguayan War.

The result was the Paraguayan War, a five-year conflict in which Uruguayan, Brazilian and Argentinian armies fought Paraguay, and which Flores finally won, but only at the price of the loss of 95 % of his own troops.

The so-called " Terror Files " ( Portuguese: " Arquivos do Terror ") – a whole set of 60, 000 documents, weighting 4 tons and making 593, 000 microfilmed pages which were discovered by a former Paraguayan political prisoner Marti Almada, in Lambare, Paraguay, in 1992 – provides even higher numbers: the total result of Southern Cone Operation Condor had left up to 50, 000 killed, 30, 000 missing and 400, 000 arrested.

That result allowed Olimpia to play their effective defensive scheme in the famous La Bombonera stadium in the second leg, ending the match in a 0 – 0 draw that gave the Paraguayan side its first Copa Libertadores.

Spanish merchants borrowed from British merchants to finance their purchases ; merchants in Buenos Aires borrowed from Spain ; those in Asunción borrowed from the porteños, or residents of Buenos Aires, and Paraguayan peones ( landless peasants in debt to landlords ) bought goods on credit.

Believing that the Paraguayan officers who had beaten the porteños posed a direct threat to his rule, Governor Bernardo de Velasco dispersed and disarmed the forces under his command and sent most of the soldiers home without paying them for their eight months of service.

Francia released them only after they agreed to pay an enormous collective indemnity of 150, 000 pesos ( about 75 percent of the annual state budget ), an amount so large that it broke their predominance in the Paraguayan economy.

People who suspected that the Liberals had learned nothing from their term out of office soon had proof: a peace treaty signed with Bolivia on July 21, 1938, fixed the final boundaries behind the Paraguayan battle lines.

While the United States defined its interests in terms of resisting the fascist threat, Paraguayan officials believed their interests lay in economic expediency and were reluctant to antagonize Germany until the outcome of the war was no longer in doubt.

The exhaustion of most opposition forces enabled Stroessner to crush the Paraguayan Communist Party ( Partido Communista Paraguayo-PCP ) by mercilessly persecuting its members and their spouses and to isolate the exiled Colorado epifanistas ( followers of Epifanio Méndez Fleitas ) and democráticos, who had reorganized themselves as the Popular Colorado Movement ( Movimiento Popular Colorado-Mopoco ).

European and Middle Eastern immigrants began making their way to Paraguay in the decades following the Paraguayan War ( 1870 onward ), in which aftermath only 28, 000 men and 200, 000 women had survived, the reason why Paraguay had since then a high rate of illegitimate births.

Paraguayan music depends largely upon two instruments: the guitar and the harp, which were brought by the conquistadors and found their own voices in the country.

" In Filartiga, two Paraguayan citizens resident in the U. S., represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, brought suit against a Paraguyan former police chief who was also living in the U. S. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant had tortured and murdered a member of their family, and they asserted that U. S. federal courts had jurisdiction over their suit under the ATS.

The definition of the Chaco War would be a war of " communications ", where the handling of space and time would be essential, determined that the Paraguayan government to accept its general mobilization plan and the beginning of the first offensive surprise Paraguay ( September-December 1932 ) before Bolivia could mobilize their resources.

Neither Paraguayan athlete came close to advancing from their opening round, but Diego Ferreira managed to set a new national record in the 100 metres.

Both Paraguayan rowers finished third-from-last in their events.

Olimpia's success was not limited to the international scene: from 1978 to 1983 the team won a record six-straight Paraguayan league championships ( beating their own record set in 1956 – 1960 of five consecutive titles ).

After a 3-3 draw in Buenos Aires, Cienciano went on to win 1-0 on their home game in Peru with a goal from a free kick by Paraguayan defender Carlos Lugo.

Between July 2001 and late 2003 Aché leaders attended dozens of meetings with representatives of Paraguayan government agencies ( INDI, SEAM, Oficina de la Procuradora de la Nacion ) and NGO's ( Fundacion Moises Bertoni, World Wildlife Fund, Avina, PROSAM ) interested in supporting their claim to Finca # 470.

The Paraguayan colony in Buenos Aires was formed by families who had left their homeland for political reasons.

This was used as a port of transit for Paraguayan troops on their way to fight the Bolivians during the Chaco War.

The club also had some young assets: a pair of 22-year-olds Francisco Villarroya and Juan Vizcaíno who were well on their way to becoming future Spanish internationals as well as eccentric Paraguayan goalie José Luis Chilavert who came to the club from Argentina's San Lorenzo the same summer Antić did.

The Paraguayan disclosed the size of the royalist army and their plan of attacking the convent with a larger force, suspecting that the local money was kept in it.