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3 unusual facts about History of Paraguay


History of Paraguay

A mixed culture has developed, also influenced by the Jesuit Reductions, settlements which taught Catholicism and Spanish culture.

In a gesture calculated to rewrite history and erase seven decades of national shame, Franco declared Solano López a national hero "sin ejemplar" (without precedent) because he had stood up to foreign threats, and sent a team to Cerro Corá to find his unmarked grave.

Relations between Paraguay and the United States changed substantially after the election of President Jimmy Carter in 1976.



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