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	Paraguay - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Paraguay
		Paraguay was invaded and López killed at Aquidabán in 1870.
		In September 1999 Paraguay withdrew its ambassador to Argentina and its foreign minister resigned, after the Argentine government refused to extradite Lino Oviedo, who was charged with ordering the murder of the Paraguayan vice-president, Luis Argana, in March 1999.
		In June 2000 Oviedo was arrested in Brazil, near the border with Paraguay, and again faced a decision to be made by the Brazilian government whether to extradite him to Paraguay to face the charges against him.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Paraguay (998 words)

	Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Paraguay, inland republic in South America, bounded on the northwest and north by Bolivia, on the east by Brazil, and on the south and southwest by Argentina.
		On its western edge are fertile grassy foothills by the Paraguay River; in the east is the Alto Paran?River.
		The population of Paraguay is 5,070,856, mostly in the western Oriental.
	www.bergen.org /AAST/Projects/LatinAmerica/adaehr/enparaguay.html (552 words)

	Dr. Juan Maria Carron: The Pantanal of Paraguay
		The widest part of this plain, approximately 300 kilometers wide, is located at the latitude of the city of Corumbá;, Brazil, between Corumbá; in the west and the city of Rio Verde to the east.
		When the Paraguay River, a little to the north of Bahía Negra, returns to its predominantly North-South orientation, it forms the border between Paraguay and Brazil.
		On the left bank of the Paraguay River, the Paraguayan territory begins and the Pantanal continues with the same ecological characteristics.
	www.pantanal.org /carron2.htm (2040 words)

	Paraguay, country, South America. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Paraguay is enclosed by Bolivia on the north and west, Brazil on the east, and Argentina on the south and west; Bolivia and Paraguay are the two landlocked nations of the continent.
		The eastern part of the country, between the Paraguay and Paraná rivers, where most of the population lives, is a lowland, rising in the east and north to a plateau region.
		Paraguay has minimal road and rail systems, and river transportation is the primary means of moving goods.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pa/Paraguay.html (1748 words)

	Paraguay Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
		Paraguay is enclosed by Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina.
		The section W of the Paraguay River is a dry plain, part of the Gran Chaco.
		Paraguay is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and more than half of its workers are engaged in agriculture and forestry; less than 15% work in industry and mining.
	www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Paraguay.html (1258 words)

	Paraguay River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Due to the shape of the country, Paraguay is located on the west side of the river in the north of that country (Brazil on the east), while in the south Paraguay is located on the east side of the river (with Argentina in the west).
		The River Paraguay is born south of Diamantino in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
		The River Paraguay is the second major river in the Río de la Plata watershed, covering a vast area of land that includes major portions of northern Argentina, southern Brazil, Uruguay, parts of Bolivia and the entire country of Paraguay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paraguay_River (982 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Paraguay
		Historians disagree as to the true origin of the word "Paraguay", one of the most common versions being that it is a corruption of the term "Payagua", the name of an Indian tribe and "i" the Guaraní for water or river, thus "Paragua-i" or "river of the Payaguas".
		The population of Paraguay is composed of Indians, white Europeans, a very small number of negroes, and the offspring of the mixture of the various races, among whom the Spanish-Indian predominates.
		Originally, Paraguay comprised the entire basin of the River Plate, and it was discovered in 1525 by Sebastian Cabot during his explorations along the Upper Paraná and Paraguay Rivers.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11470b.htm (1695 words)

	Paraguay
		Geography: Paraguay is a landlocked country, surrounded by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina, with an area of 400,000 sq km.
		Asuncion is the capital.The Paraguay river runs north to south and divides the country into two geographical regions; the Region Oriental (Eastern Region) and the Chaco Boreal (Northern Chaco) which comprises the Region Occidental (Western Region).
		Paraguay has been involved in two major wars, The War of the Triple Alliance in which Paraguay fought Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil who were financed by London.
	members.tripod.com /~texcolca1/body/paraguay.html (229 words)

	The EU's relations with Paraguay - Overview
		The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked country bordered by Bolivia to the north-west and north, Brazil to the north-east and east, and Argentina to the south-east, south, and west.
		Paraguay is a constitutional democracy whose Constitution was ratified on 22 June 1992.
		In economic terms, Paraguay was severely hit by the regional crisis of its neighbours, Argentina and Brazil, in 2002, and suffered serious economic and financial deterioration, with a fall of real GDP around 4% in 2002.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/paraguay/intro/index.htm (1252 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Paraguay is enclosed by Bolivia on the north and west, Brazil on the east, and Argentina on the south and west; Bolivia and Paraguay are the two landlocked nations of the
		It is sparsely populated and is divided among Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.
		Argentina is bordered by Chile on the west, Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, Brazil and Uruguay on the northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/09824.html (618 words)

	Paraguay (10/06)
		Terrain: East of the Paraguay River--grassy plains, wooded hills, tropical forests; west of the Paraguay River (Chaco region)--low, flat, marshy plain.
		Climate: Temperate east of the Paraguay River, semiarid to the west.
		Also in 2006, Paraguay signed and ratified an agreement with the U.S. under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act that provides Paraguay with $7.4 million in relief and zeroing out its remaining bilateral debt in exchange for the Paraguayan Government’s commitment to conserve and restore tropical forests in the southeastern region of the country.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1841.htm (3225 words)

	Dr. Juan Maria Carron: The Pantanal and the Paraguay River Basin
		Juan Maria Carron: The Pantanal and the Paraguay River Basin
		The river crest that impacts upstream in the Pantanal in February impacts the lower Pantanal in July.
		For this reason, Paraguay is very interested in avoiding damage to the Pantanal, not only for the sake of the Pantanal proper, but because what originates in the Pantanal will affect the wetlands of the lower Paraguay that constitute a 2.5 million hectare (25,000 km2) sanctuary, consisting of great riches in animal and plant species.
	www.pantanal.org /carron1.htm (1061 words)

	The Chaco War
		Paraguay, in a move instigated by national unity, heavily armed their borders and fought viciously to defend itself against Bolivia's advances.
		The land is divided into two regions: to the West of the River Paraguay, the land is flat and marked by scrub, woodlands and forests; to the East of the River Paraguay, savanna grass, brush, and forests are mostly found with grasslands suitable for raising cattle.
		As Paraguay was attempting to adequately arm itself, a Bolivian force stromed the Paraguayan fort at Vangaurdia on June 15, 1932 and the war began.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/ice/chaco.htm (1475 words)

	Iguazu, Jesuit Mission ruins and the river Paraguay
		The free tour of the dam included the screening of a propaganda film on the dam and Brazil, during which we saw a radiant Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, say that the construction of the dam proved that Brazil was not a 3rd world country but a 1st world country.
		We crossed the river into Brazil, using the services of man with a little rowing boat, it felt like sneaking into the country.
		Paraguay: Some banks in bigger cities, such as Citibank in Encarnación, no ATMs in Concepción work for ANY foreign cards.
	www.7is7.com /otto/travel/20040312.html (3248 words)

	SDSU Faculty Profile - Dr. Victor M. Ponce - Hidrovia Report - Wetland Hydrology - Section 3 - The Upper Paraguay River ...
		The geomorphology of the Upper Paraguay river basin is described in Projecto RADAMBRASIL (1982aandb) and Silva (1986).
		The latter crosses the eastern plains and rejoins the Paraguay river 20 km downstream of Ladario.
		The connection between Lagoa Cáceres, in Bolivia, and the Paraguay river is the Canal Tamengo, with its mouth in the vicinity of Corumbá.
	ponce.sdsu.edu /report_section3.html (7719 words)

	Paraguay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, bordering Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest, and is located in the very heart of South America.
		Paraguay fought the War of the Triple Alliance against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, and was defeated in 1870 after five years of the bloodiest war in South America.
		Paraguay's politics takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Paraguay is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paraguay (1696 words)

	Paraguay - Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Río Paraguay has a total course of 2,600 kilometers, 2,300 of which are navigable and 1,200 of which either border on or pass through Paraguay.
		In summer months the river is deep enough to permit vessels with drafts of up to three meters to reach Salto del Guairá, but seasonal and other occasional conditions severely limit the river's navigational value.
		The rivers flowing eastward across the Paraneña region as tributaries of the Río Paraná are shorter, faster-flowing, and narrower than the tributaries of the Río Paraguay.
	countrystudies.us /paraguay/23.htm (595 words)

	Flycheapol South America Guide
		Paraguay is a landlocked country surrounded by Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil, lying some 1440km (900 miles) up the River Paraná from the Atlantic.
		Asunción, the capital, is situated on the Bay of Asunción, an inlet off the Paraguay River in a former estate of the Lopez family on the Paraguay River.
		The Botanical Gardens are situated in a former estate of the Lopez family on the Paraguay River.
	www.911fly.com /southamerica/paraguay.asp (1082 words)

	NR 260 Pantanal Website
		Roughly one-third of the basin is the complex and low-altitude floodplain known as the Pantanal, and two-thirds is the "Planalto", or highlands.
		The Upper Paraguay River Basin is the upper sub-basin of the Paraguay Basin, which is part of the 2.8 million square kilometer Parana Basin.
		Here the Paraguay River courses through a cluster of hills, which implact water flow, acting as a bottleneck, and is very important to the hydrology of the region (Carron, 27).
	www.uvm.edu /~mgately/pantanal/map.php (376 words)

	paraguay map and map of paraguay and information page
		On the surface Paraguay appeared to be a potentially valuable Spanish dominion, but then, with no gold found, no silver to be mined, and no local Indians forced into slave labor, this isolated colony remained peaceful, and for the most part, out of the spotlight of the Spanish Crown.
		And you guessed it, Paraguay's economy crashed, political infighting continued, and a long series of dictatorships prevailed on into the late 20th century, including the 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, which was overthrown in 1989.
		To the west of the Paraguay River, the hot scrub lands and low plains of the Chaco cover about 60% of Paraguay's total land area.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/samerica/py.htm (903 words)

	Case study 3 - The Pilcomayo river basin study: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
		It is bound on the west by the Bolivian Andes, on the south by the Bermejo River basin, on the north by the Amazon River basin and portions of the Paraguayan Chaco, and on the east by the Paraguay River basin.
		In February of 1967, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay agreed to study the Plata River basin with a view to executing multinational, bilateral, and national projects in the region.
		Yet, since the use of the river waters in the upper basin in Bolivia would affect the two downstream countries, their rights and goals had to be formally recognized.
	www.oas.org /usde/publications/Unit/oea03e/ch08.htm (6249 words)

	Paraguay - Gurupedia
		Alfredo Stroessner was overthrown in 1989, and, despite a marked increase in political infighting in recent years, relatively free and regular presidential elections have been held since then.
		Paraguay's highly centralised and often dictatorial government was fundamentally changed by the 1992
		Koreans, ethnic Chinese, Arabs, Brazilians, and Argentines are among those who have settled in Paraguay and they have to an extent retained their respective languages.
	www.gurupedia.com /p/pa/paraguay.htm (727 words)

	Paraguay - Photos, Maps, Videos, Flags, Facts, More -- National Geographic
		Landlocked in central South America, the Paraguay River divides the country into a hilly, forested east and a flat plain (known as the Chaco) in the west.
		Paraguay won the Chaco from Bolivia during a war in the 1930s that claimed 36,000 Paraguayan soldiers.
		Paraguay possesses plenty of electric power thanks to hydroelectric dams such as Itaipú, the world's largest, built and operated jointly with Brazil.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_paraguay.html (436 words)

	Paraguay: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Eastern Paraguay, between the Paraná and Paraguay rivers, is upland country with the thickest population settled on the grassy slope that inclines toward the Paraguay River.
		Paraguay was governed by three dictators during the first 60 years of independence.
		Paraguay, river, Brazil and Paraguay - Paraguay, river, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the highlands of central Mato Grosso state,...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107879.html (693 words)

	Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay - Country Profile - Republica del Paraguay - Tourism Paraguay - South America
		Paraguay declared its independence by overthrowing the local Spanish authorities in 1811.
		In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay (1865-70), Paraguay lost two-thirds of all adult males and much of its territory.
		The institute's primary concern and arena of activity is the Paraguay River Basin in South America, with particular emphasis on the Pantanal region and Upper Paraguay River Basin of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/paraguay.htm (574 words)

	CPD: South America, Site SA18, Mbaracayú Reserve, Paraguay
		Paraguay is entirely within the upper watershed that drains southward to become La Plata River.
		The Paraguay River begins north of the country in the pantanal wetlands and bisects Paraguay into distinct natural regions: to the west are vast alluvial plains of the drier chaco (264,925 km²) (CPD Site SA22); to the east is more humid, geologically varied terrain (159,827 km²), commonly called Paraguay Oriental (Eastern Paraguay).
		Eastern Paraguay is largely underlain by Triassic basaltic lava which has given rise to red-brown lateritic or very dark colluvial and hydromorphic soils, and Precarboniferous sandstone where red-yellow sandy podzols prevail.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa18.htm (2023 words)

	Paraguay travel guide - Wikitravel
		Paraguay [1] is a landlocked country in South America, northeast of Argentina, with borders with Bolivia and Brazil.
		A boat travels up the Paraguay river from Concepción by many ports to the north of the border with Brazil.
		The national beverage in Paraguay is a tea called mate, and is made from the yerba plant.
	wikitravel.org /en/Paraguay (1839 words)

	InterConnection - Paraguay's Pristine Chaco ecotourism
		Paraguay's featureless landscape and lack of tourist attractions does not bring in the Western tourist, and those that come do not stay long.
		Across the Paraguay River, in the western region, is the Chaco.
		The Chaco is a vast, virtually flat, and sparsely populated area with scrub and palm forests.
	www.interconnection.org /resources/paraguay.htm (1295 words)

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